Poem
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Cijiao
Before the birth of mother and father,One solid circle;Even Shakyamuni didn’t understand it –How could Kasyapa…
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Jane Hirshfield
1025 molecules are enough to call wood thrush or apple. A hummingbird, fewer. A wristwatch: 1024.…
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Yunmen
If you don’t pay attention, You will miss it. If you think about it, In what…
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Dogen
It seems that the mountain spring wind Has begun to blow – On the peaks and…
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Tongan
The solitary peak is high and grand, Not a single layer of mist. The crescent moon…
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Yu Daopo
There is a true person of no rank, who has six arms and three heads When…
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Tesshu Yamaoka
Whether in clear weatherOr under clouds,Mount Fuji is beautifulHer shape does not change. A different version…
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Sergio Mendes
A stick, a stone It’s the end of the road It’s the rest of a stump…
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Lanzan
Worldly affairs pass slowly by,Incomparable to the mountains and hills,Lying under wisteria vines,With a stone for…
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Longya Judun
One room,one quilt,one jar,one bowl.Enough. The pathwinds downto the village butI don’t even knowwhat the houses…
