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Friday, 30 November 2007

Master DOGEN, Japanese ZEN Master In the Medieval Age

Master DOGEN, Japanese ZEN Master In the Medieval Age once wrote a poem as below, and can you taste this?

Fresh, clear spirit covers
old mountain-man this autumn.
Donkey stares at the ceiling sky;
glowing white moon floats.
Nothing approaches.
Nothing else included.
Buoyant, I let myself go -
filled with gruel, filled with rice.
Lively flapping from head to tail,
Sky above,
sky beneath,
cloud self,
water origin.

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