Poem
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Manzan Dohaku
One minute of zazen,one inch Buddha. Like a lightning flash,thoughts justcome and go. Look onceinto the…
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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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Tianning
Within differentiation there is oneness. Within oneness there is differentiation. Drifting in the human world hundreds…
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Yuishun
Why, it’s but the motion of eyes and brows!And here I’ve been seeking it far and…
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Keizan Jokin
This field I’ve plowed and sownhas been bought and soldbut it’s always new:look at the young…
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Gesshu Soko
Breathing in, out,forward, back,living, dying. Two arrows meet in mid air,slice and sail on throughinto open…
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Shotetsu
From long agoI have been coming along,never arriving.Even the old have far to go:for that is…
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Koun Ejo
I’m just a festering mass,a beast amongst humans. For years I minced barefoot,adopting some “Continental” style.…
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Genro
A white cloud hangs over the summit Of a green mountain beyond the lake. Whoever looks…
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Mary Oliver
My work is loving the world.Here the sunflowers, there the hummingbird—equal seekers of sweetness.Here the quickening…
