Time, Space, Dogen & Parsifal

I have spent much time re-reading Dogen (See here if you are unaware of who Dogen is/was) these last few months and with reading his, at the time, unique - and clear - thoughts of time and space it is difficult not be be reminded of Parsifal and in particular " Zum Raum wird hier die Zeit" (And indeed Heidegger's thoughts on time but that is for another time - as too is Schopenhauer)

I will probably write about this at some stage, but I thought you might find the following quotes from Dogen interesting:


In essence, all things in the entire world are linked with one another as moments. Because all moments are the time being, they are your time being.

Mountains are time. Oceans are time. If they were not time, there would be no mountains or oceans. Do not think that mountains and oceans here and now are not time. If time is annihilated, mountains and oceans are annihilated. As time is not annihilated, mountains and oceans are not annihilated.


The time being has a characteristic of flowing. So-called today flows into tomorrow, today flows into yesterday, yesterday flows into today. And today flows into today, tomorrow flows into tomorrow. Because flowing is a characteristic of time, moments of past and present do not overlap or line up side by side. [Zen master] Qingyuan is time, Huangbo is time, Mazu is time, Shitou91 is time, because self and other are already time. Practice-enlightenment is time. Being splattered with mud and getting wet with water [to awaken others] is also time.

The zazen of even one person at one moment imperceptibly accords with all things and fully resonates through all time. Thus, in the past, future, and present of the limitless universe, this zazen carries on the buddha’s transformation endlessly and timelessly. Each moment of zazen is equally the wholeness of practice, equally the wholeness of realization.
 

A moment or two of mind is a moment of mountains, rivers, and earth, or two moments of mountains, rivers, and earth. Because mountains, rivers, earth, and so forth neither exist nor do not exist, they are not large or small, not attainable or unattainable, not knowable or unknowable, not penetrable or impenetrable. They neither change with realization nor change without realization. Just wholeheartedly accept with trust that to study the way with mind is this mountains-rivers-and-earth mind itself thoroughly engaged in studying the way.

Dogen, Zen Master (2013-07-23). The Essential Dogen: Writings of the Great Zen Master Shambhala Publications. Kindle Edition.