Attaining Buddhahood is no easier than for men of low status to enter
court circles or for carp to climb the Dragon Gate.
Dragon Gate Gosho
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| In China there is a waterfall called the Dragon Gate. Its waters lunge
a hundred feet, more swiftly than an arrow shot by a strong archer. It
is said that thousands of carp gather in the basin below, hoping to climb
the falls, and that any which succeed will turn into a dragon. However,
not a single carp out of a hundred, a thousand or even ten thousand can
climb the falls, not even after ten or twenty years. Some are swept away
by the strong currents, some fall prey to eagles, hawks, kites and owls,
and others are netted, scooped up, or even shot with arrows by fishermen
who line either bank of the wide falls. Such is the difficulty of a carp
becoming a dragon.
Attaining Buddhahood is no easier than for men of low status to enter
court circles or for carp to climb the Dragon Gate.
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Dragon Gate Gosho |