-While Ikkyu seemed more a poet thatn a Zen Buddhist, Ryokan was a Zen Buddhist and poet at the same time. It is well known that he adored the fleas and lice that inhabited his clothes. In the post-washlet Japan, it is hard to imagine a religious poet like him in terms of hygiene level and selflessness.
Tao creates your hologram (=the world), which includes your own self.
The explanation is supposed to end here, but you can say that firstly Tao creates your "self" and body, then in your brains you project the holographic images of the rest of the world.
Therefore, your hologram doesn't affect Tao.
It is independent of the world (=your hologram) though it manifests itself through the worldly beings.
Although Tao is called the fundamental energy, it doesn't change its form like other forms of energy.
-Basho is a great poet. Certainly. Some think that he was as great a ninja/spy as a haiku poet. Who knows! If Edward Bond had known the dark activity of Basho, his play Narrow Road to the Deep North could be different. Edward Bond's Narrow Road to the North@Amazon
Tao can manifest itself as a sound, but the sound exists only in your hologram.
Tao can manifest itself through the hologram, which means the world.
Naoto Matsumoto adds:
We have the famous koan of Hakuin 白隠 (a Japanese Zen Buddhist 1685 - 1768).
隻手声あり、その声を聞け [Sekishu koe ari, sono koe wo kike].
translation:
One hand has voices. Listen to the voices.
("Two hands clap and there is a sound. What is the sound of one hand?"---Wikipedia)
Hakuin used this koan to propagate his teachings. There is a conversation between Hakuin and Osan, an Japanese old woman and his disciple. (Ref: http://hk-kishi.web.infoseek.co.jp/kokoro-127.htm)
Hakuin: There are sounds and voices when both hands hit each other. What sounds and voices are there in one hand?
Osan: Instead of listening to the voice of Hakuin's one hand, I want to hit both hands and do business.
Hakuin: If you can do business by hitting both hands, you don't need to listen to the sound of the one hand.
by Michihiro Matsumoto (Paperback - Sep 1988) @Amazon
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