Kuei-Shan

“As long as you are subject
To a life bound by force of habit,
You are not free from the
Burden of the body.”

Seeds of Trust

The packet of seeds

Rustling , nudging for years

Burst open today.

I shall reap the seeds of trust.

Bankei

“Your self-partiality is at

the root of all your illusions.

There aren’t any illusions

when you don’t have this

preference for yourself”.

This July…

“Like the little stream
Making its way
Through the mossy crevices,
I, too, quietly
Turn clear and transparent”.

Hakuin

Surangama Sutra

You will see then that both your body and mind,

together with the mountains, rivers, space,

and earth of the outward world,

are all within the wonderful, illumined,

 and true Mind.

Bodhidharma

Outwardly, all activities cease;

Inwardly, the mind stops its panting.

When one”s mind has become a wall,

Then he may begin to enter the Tao.

Tao-te Ching

Attain the center of emptiness,
Preserve the utmost quiet;
As myriad things act in concert
I thereby observe the return.
Things flourish,
Then each returns to its root.
Returning to the root
Is called stillness:
Stillness is called return to Life,
Return to Life is called the constant;
Knowing the constant is called enlightenment.

Kojisei

At the sound of the bell in the silent night,

I wake from my dream in this dreamworld of ours.

Gazing at the reflection of the moon in a clear pool,

I see, beyond my form,

 my real form.

Sitting by

 

Sitting by the pathless path

Pines showered

A mynah sings

You are.

Lend a Hand

 

O friend

Of her mind, body and soul

I see you seeing her dusting her knots

She re-knots them, knot after knot, tight and firm

O friend of twenty five years

Let her gather some dust of her own

It will loosen the knots of time

In time

Dust is good, dust is all there is

Paba in her mind and body

Lend a hand

So that she can breathe.