Poem

  • Joan Murray

    Men and women only have meaning as man and woman The moon is itself and it…

  • Sekito Kisen

    Long abiding together, not knowing its name, Just going on, practicing like this, Since ancient times…

  • Fuke

    If a clear mind comes, I let it be clear. If a deluded mind comes, I…

  • Hakuin

    If only I could share it: The soft sound of snow Falling late at night From…

  • Mitsu Suzuki

    Fastening my collar I write “nothing special” – first calligraphy of the year

  • Mitsu Suzuki

    Pleasure of organizing small drawers – year’s end

  • Ryokan

    In the stillness by the empty window I sit in formal meditation wearing my monk’s surplice,…

  • Hui-Neng

    Huineng has no ways or means To cut off the movements of many thoughts. The mind…

  • Dogen

    The ancestral way come from the west I transmit east. Fishing the moon, cultivating clouds, I…

  • Ikkyu

    Bliss and sorrow; love and hate; light and shadow; heat and cold; happiness and anger; self…