6,400,099,180

A really big number. Dogen Zenji, a thirteenth century zen master and founder of the Soto school of Zen Buddhism calculated this as the number of moments in a day.

An important idea connected to this calculation is that life is constantly changing, and these changes happen from moment to moment. I'm still unpacking the meaning of this, but the first thing that comes to mind is that this means there are 6,400,099,180 opportunities for change in a day. How am I going to make use of these opportunities today?

More on this later...