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JewelMountain
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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I appreciate the the ruggedness of the universe, Which is sometimes cruel, sharp thorns of cactus, And sometimes beautiful chrysanthemums of fantastic scent. A crow is black Because the lotus is white. Ants run fast... More »
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Opening the gate, I entered; It was indeed not a gate. ............... Closing the gate, I came out. It was, after all, not a gate. ............... Between what was so painfully hard, And what is... More »
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Water birds coming and going their traces disappear but they never forget their path.
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How smoothly the creek's okesa Folds across the shoulders Of the rocks. Bowing through the incense smoke I catch the scent Of dry leaves wetted by the rain. Arriving for your shuso ceremony, I am... 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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I will weep and weep for you, O Mind; The world hath caught you in its spell. Though you cling to them with the anchor of steel, Not even the shadow of the things you... More »
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