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What do you think Of a freedom that never happens? What do you make Of a life that won't go away? In seeing things To be or not to be Fools fail to see A... More »
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In a single grain of sand Rests the whole universe, And in a single star twinkling The vicissitudes of a millenium. In the boundless universe, O this infinitesimal life of mine! But as a being... More »
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On the yard I swept clean, worrying If my steps would disturb The starlight showering. From the tree falls A single leaf Silently.
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Water birds coming and going their traces disappear but they never forget their path.
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Grace comes easily. One mind shared with the Universe. No dimensions, no barriers... And yet too soon, all of it back again. Seated on your lotus throne, your smile so constant, your hardwon peace. Did you... More »
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When I was young I lived with God, And in my innocence I loved him, Beard and all. But he was old, and with a sense of sin And jealous in a very nasty way.... More »
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You have an idea of yourself. It is a kind of building. This building stands on the sound of your heart-beat, the imaginary width of rhythm. All night it stands there. On a sound, an... More »
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Zen is serious, and Zen is play. The playful business of being serious about what we're doing. The serious business of being playful with what we're doing. Here's some poems by the Korean Zen poet... More »
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So yesterday afternoon i went hiking with Ingen and Roy around and over the Cave Hill. At one point we were standing near the edge of a cliff admiring spectacular views across the whole country stretching away... More »
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"The diameter of the bomb was thirty centimetres and the diameter of its effective range - about seven metres. And in it four dead and eleven wounded. And around them in a greater circle of pain and... More »
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