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Tag archives: Waka

Reworking Dogen’s white mountain poem from Sanshodoei

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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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1 March, 201825 November, 2019Posted inArt & BuddhismTags: Dogen, Poetry, Soto Zen, Waka

Dogen’s Waka: 2 Poems, 2 Commentaries

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First poem and commentary by John Fraser: My free translation of Master Dogen’s poem Shobogenzo: 波も引き風もつながぬ捨小舟 月こそ夜半のさかひ成けり In the heart of the dark The moonlight holding A small boat drifting Unmoved …

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2 May, 201328 July, 2019Posted inArt & BuddhismTags: Dogen, John Fraser, Poetry, Waka, Zazen

Dogen’s white heron poem: a Zen commentary by John Fraser

I have been thinking quite a bit recently about the mindset and visuals of Japanese Waka/Tanka and (the shorter, short song) of Haiku which came later. By good fortune at …

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16 April, 201330 April, 2022Posted inArt & BuddhismTags: Dogen, John Fraser, Poetry, Soto Zen, Waka

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