From the Sanshodoei poems, I have been working on the English translations with John Fraser – 我庵は こしのしらやま 冬ごもり 凍もゆきも くもかかりけり waga iho wa koshi no shirayama fuyugomori kouri mo …
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moon cloud softly emergingbreathing plumes of blue snow dustswirling aroundour scratched out rooftop
John Fraser’s Kusen Master Dogen’s poem ‘Zazen Practice’: The moon mirroredBy a mind freeOf all distractions;Even the waves, breaking,Are reflecting its light We have a primitive idea what a symbol …
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fragile manoeuvring through pale ochre land gaping dark blue fissure within the sky a light hole self transparent roaming path hill spontaneously becoming deer hare blown by atlantic gusts everything …
waga iho wakoshi no shirayamafuyugomorikouri mo yuki mokumo kakari keri my Koshiwhite mountaincozy winter denice and snowoverlaid by clouds Eihei Dogen The voice of the valley is endlessly preaching.The colour …
within the thin covering snow Three Thousand Worlds again inside this world fragile snow falls Ryoukan vision of decay in mind, the wind permeates the body Basho at the month’s …
rocky mountain passes, transparent clouds – no up no down, passing between horizons non continuous
temporal voids of cerulean blue – ice holes, pulsating – falling apart rapidly plummeting
Response to images by John Fraser: The eyes are unseen; All the worlds are visible
Compiled by Zen Master Yuanwu Keqin (Engo Kokugon, 1063-1135) One, seven, three, five.The truth you search for cannot be grasped.As night advances, a bright moon illuminates the whole ocean;The dragon’s …
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