Enlightenment is like the moon reflected on the water. The
moon does not get wet, nor is the water broken. Although its light is wide and
great, the moon is reflected even in a puddle an inch wide. The whole moon and
the entire sky are reflected in dewdrops on the grass, or even in one drop of
water. Enlightenment does not divide you, just as the moon does not break the
water. You cannot hinder enlightenment, just as a drop of water does not hinder
the moon in the sky. The depth of the drop is the height of the moon. Each
reflection, however long or short its duration, manifests the vastness of the
dewdrop, and realizes the limitlessness of the moonlight in the sky. - From
Genjo Koan, translated by Robert Aitken Roshi