Monday, August 26, 2019

Resting place



On a journey, ill:
my dream goes wandering
over withered fields
- Basho

My old body:
a drop of dew grown
heavy at the leaf tip
- Kiba, 19th century

Empty-handed I entered the world
Barefoot I leave it.
My coming, my going —
Two simple happenings
That got entangled.
- Zen master Kozan Ichikyo, 1360

Zen and the poetry of death
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  1. SgAugust 26, 2019 at 10:26 PM

    How moving....

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