
Neither/nor stuff is all over Buddhism, and of course it's all true,
but only in the cumbersome sense of talking in the realm of talking. 😊
Dharma is in a place where what is not said takes up the whole
universe, so we're probably best off, at least in the first moment of full awareness, just standing there stunned by the
riffle of a bit of water over stones.
-- shonin
Now, in the unhindered
and unobstructed dharma-opening of the dharma-realm there is no dharma,
and yet no non-dharma; no opening, and yet no non-opening. Thus it is
neither large nor small, neither in a hurry nor taking its time; neither
moving nor still, neither one nor many. Since it is not large, it can
become an atom, leaving nothing behind. Since it is not small, it can
contain all of space with room left over. Unhurried, it can include all
the kalpas in the three time periods; not taking its time, it can enter
fully into an instant. Since it is neither moving nor still, samsāra is
nirvāna and nirvāna is samsāra. Being neither one nor many, one
dharma is all dharmas and all dharmas are one dharma.
-- Wonhyo, tr. Muller
Image: Dongshan Liangjie attains insight while crossing a stream.