Poem
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Tao-ch’uan
The spacious great way is so gloriously clear What everyone possesses is already perfect But due…
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Dogen
For a long while I’ve abandoned human realms, beyond attachments, Writing with brush and inkstone already…
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Bassho
New Years Day! when I reflect – lonely autumn evenings.
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Han Shan
In one flash of thought My turbulent mind came to a rest. The inner and the…
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Dogen
Not limited by language, It is ceaselessly expressed; So, too, the way of letters Can display…
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Daito
One glance at the morning star, and the snow got even whiter. The look in his…
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Tao-ch’uan
Perception of a dharma, perception of no dharma Hands open then they close Floating clouds reveal…
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Shoei Andro
Poetry Takes you to the bottom Of the heart; Zen Knocks the bottom Out. (Djinn…
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Robert Aitken
Hearing the crickets at night I vow with all beings to find my place in the…
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Cijiao
Before the birth of mother and father, One solid circle; Even Shakyamuni didn’t understand it –…
Shundo David Haye - Zen Priest 