Poem
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Tiantong
The boundless spring on the hundred plants; Picking up what comes to hand, using it knowingly.…
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Songyong Sunim
Clear water flows over white rock, the autumn moon shines bright, so clear is the original…
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Keizan Jokin
House demolished, the person perished, neither inside nor outside, Where can body and mind hide their…
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Chiyono
With this and that I tried to keep the bucket together, And then the bottom fell…
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Sunday Poem
Ten years of dreams in the forest! Now on the lake’s edge laughing, Laughing a new…
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Izumi Shikibu
Although I try to hold the single thought of Buddha’s teaching in my heart, I cannot…
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Sunday Poem
I loathe the twin seas Of being and not being And long for the mountain Of…
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Robert Aitken
Sitting alone in zazen I vow with all beings to remember I’m sitting together with mountains,…
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Robert Aitken
When I sit with my friends in zazen I vow with all beings to touch and…
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Nanao Sakaki
Why climb a mountain? Look! A mountain there. I don’t climb mountain. Mountain climbs me. Mountain…
