A word to sit with · No. 01
日日是好日
Nichinichi kore kōjitsu
A day, just as it is.
Every day is a good day.
What if a day didn’t have to go well to be worth noticing?
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碧巌録 (Blue Cliff Record), saying attributed to 雲門文偃 (Yunmen Wenyan). Japanese rendering: 日日是好日.
This saying is attributed to the Chinese Chan teacher Yunmen and appears in the Blue Cliff Record. In Japanese Zen, it invites reflection beyond simply calling a day pleasant.
Engaku-ji · “Writing goshuin” (10 May 2024)English: Zenterval editorial rendering. Image: original AI-created fictional space, not a photograph of a real temple.