Poem
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Gyoson Daisojo
On a mountain slope Solitary, unaccompanied stands a cherry tree Except from you lonely friend To…
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Mumon
With realization, all things are of one family; Without realization, everything is separate and different; Without…
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Dogen
Everyone admiresA graceful horseGalloping past the streaming sunlight,But few realize that this fleeting imageIs itself the…
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Han-shan
High, high from the summit of the peak,Whatever way I look, no limit in sight!No one…
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Hongzhi
The true form is magnificently illuminated with gleaming fire.The teaching’s voice is total silence amid the…
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Daoki
Rice without millet from fields in the mountains, Yellow pickled vegetables – eat as you like.…
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Dogen
Seeing with ears and hearing with eyes, there is no doubt that, the jewel-like raindrops dripping…
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Yuanwu
A fish swims, making the water murky. A bird flies, shedding its feathers. The ultimate mirror…
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So-etsu Mineo
The remaining snow still covers the temple-yard. Severe cold of this spring threatens my old bones.…
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Ikkyu
The world before my eyes is wan and wasted, just like me.The earth is decrepit, the…
