Poem
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Mumon
With realization, all things are of one family; Without realization, everything is separate and different; Without…
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Gesshu Soko
Searching for fame and gain keeps everyone restlessly busy but in the sun’s warmth and a…
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Kanzan
This is my resting place, Kanzan knows the best retreats; The breeze blows through the pines,…
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Izumi Shikibu
Watching the moonat dawn,solitary, mid-sky,I knew myself completely:no part left out.
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Mumon
When the sky clears, the sun appears; When the rain falls, the earth is wet. With…
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Anzan Daiko
Eyes shut,mouth open.Eyes open,mouth shut, Eyes and mouthopen and open.They say, “Shivering of plum blossomson black…
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Gesshu Soko
Under the trees,welcoming spring.Things take care of themselves. A monk looks weirdto the common folk. The…
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Dogen
How can white reed flowers covered in snow be defiled by dust? Who knows that there…
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John Daido Loori
These mountains and rivers are free from dust – who can say that their…
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Rengetsu
I see it dust the river wind then vanish – fragile snow over water disappears from…
