Poem

  • Gyoson Daisojo

    On a mountain slope Solitary, unaccompanied stands a cherry tree Except from you lonely friend To…

  • Mumon

    With realization, all things are of one family; Without realization, everything is separate and different; Without…

  • Dogen

    Everyone admiresA graceful horseGalloping past the streaming sunlight,But few realize that this fleeting imageIs itself the…

  • Han-shan

    High, high from the summit of the peak,Whatever way I look, no limit in sight!No one…

  • Hongzhi

    The true form is magnificently illuminated with gleaming fire.The teaching’s voice is total silence amid the…

  • Daoki

    Rice without millet from fields in the mountains, Yellow pickled vegetables – eat as you like.…

  • Dogen

    Seeing with ears and hearing with eyes, there is no doubt that, the jewel-like raindrops dripping…

  • Yuanwu

    A fish swims, making the water murky. A bird flies, shedding its feathers. The ultimate mirror…

  • So-etsu Mineo 

    The remaining snow still covers the temple-yard. Severe cold of this spring threatens my old bones.…

  • Ikkyu

    The world before my eyes is wan and wasted, just like me.The earth is decrepit, the…