What is the original Japanese?

人の、さとりをうる、水に月のやどるがごとし。月ぬれず、水やぶれず。. Translated from the original Japanese by Spartan Surfers.

人の、さとりをうる、水に月のやどるがごとし

Awakening is the moon in water. The moon stays dry. The water stays whole.

Dogen, Shōbōgenzō, Genjōkōan

What it means

The whole moon fits in a puddle without getting wet or breaking the surface. Awakening, Dogen says, sits in an ordinary person the same way. Nothing has to be torn up for something vast to live in you.

The source

"Awakening is the moon in water. The moon stays dry. The water stays whole." Dogen said it in Shōbōgenzō, Genjōkōan. Translated from the original Japanese by Spartan Surfers.

"人の、さとりをうる、水に月のやどるがごとし。月ぬれず、水やぶれず。"

Original Japanese, Shōbōgenzō, Genjōkōan. Text read at sotozen.com.

Who said it

The Zen masters (6th–13th century). Bodhidharma, Huineng, Linji, Zhaozhou, Yunmen, Wumen and Dogen: the Chan and Zen teachers whose sayings, koans and records shaped the school of sudden awakening. Our lines are translated from the Chinese and Japanese originals.

Questions

What does "Awakening is the moon in water. The moon stays dry. The water stays whole." mean?: The whole moon fits in a puddle without getting wet or breaking the surface. Awakening, Dogen says, sits in an ordinary person the same way. Nothing has to be torn up for something vast to live in you.
Who said "Awakening is the moon in water. The moon stays dry. The water stays whole."?: Dogen (6th–13th century). Source: Shōbōgenzō, Genjōkōan.
What is the original Japanese?: 人の、さとりをうる、水に月のやどるがごとし。月ぬれず、水やぶれず。. Translated from the original Japanese by Spartan Surfers.
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Cite this line

"Awakening is the moon in water. The moon stays dry. The water stays whole." (Dogen, Shōbōgenzō, Genjōkōan, translated by Spartan Surfers). https://spartansurfers.com/quotes/awakening-is-the-moon-in-water-the-moon