Poem

  • Manzan Dohaku

    One minute of zazen,one inch Buddha. Like a lightning flash,thoughts justcome and go. Look onceinto the…

  • Yuanwu

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

  • Tianning

    Within differentiation there is oneness. Within oneness there is differentiation. Drifting in the human world hundreds…

  • Yuishun

    Why, it’s but the motion of eyes and brows!And here I’ve been seeking it far and…

  • Keizan Jokin

    This field I’ve plowed and sownhas been bought and soldbut it’s always new:look at the young…

  • Gesshu Soko

    Breathing in, out,forward, back,living, dying. Two arrows meet in mid air,slice and sail on throughinto open…

  • Shotetsu

    From long agoI have been coming along,never arriving.Even the old have far to go:for that is…

  • Koun Ejo

    I’m just a festering mass,a beast amongst humans. For years I minced barefoot,adopting some “Continental” style.…

  • Genro

    A white cloud hangs over the summit Of a green mountain beyond the lake. Whoever looks…

  • Mary Oliver

    My work is loving the world.Here the sunflowers, there the hummingbird—equal seekers of sweetness.Here the quickening…