Poem

  • Mumon

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

  • Gesshu Soko

    Searching for fame and gain keeps everyone restlessly busy but in the sun’s warmth and a…

  • Kanzan

    This is my resting place, Kanzan knows the best retreats; The breeze blows through the pines,…

  • Izumi Shikibu

    Watching the moonat dawn,solitary, mid-sky,I knew myself completely:no part left out.

  • Mumon

    When the sky clears, the sun appears;  When the rain falls, the earth is wet.  With…

  • Anzan Daiko

    Eyes shut,mouth open.Eyes open,mouth shut, Eyes and mouthopen and open.They say, “Shivering of plum blossomson black…

  • Gesshu Soko

    Under the trees,welcoming spring.Things take care of themselves. A monk looks weirdto the common folk. The…

  • Dogen

    How can white reed flowers covered in snow be defiled by dust? Who knows that there…

  • John Daido Loori

    These mountains and rivers are free from dust –       who can say that their…

  • Rengetsu

    I see it dust the river wind then vanish – fragile snow over water disappears from…