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Buddhist : Zen / Chan

13th Century

Japan
(East Asia)

Dogen

Timeline (1200 - 1253)

Poems by Dogen
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Poems by Dogen

	A Zen monk asked for a verse:
	Ching-ch'ing's raindrop sound
	Impermanence
	In the stream,
	One of fifteen verses on Dogen's mountain retreat:
	One of six verses on snow:
	The Western Patriarch's doctrine is transplanted!
	Treading along in this dreamlike, illusory realm,
	True person manifest throughout the ten quarters of the world
	Wondrous nirvana-mind
	Worship
	One of six verses composed in An'yoin Temple in Fukakusa, 1230:

Recommended Books

The Poetry of Zen: (Shambhalla Library), Edited by Sam Hamill / Edited by J. P. Seaton

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The Zen Poetry of Dogen: Verses from the Mountain of Eternal Peace, by Steven Heine

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Zen Poetry: Let the Spring Breeze Enter, Translated by Lucien Stryk / Translated by Takashi Ikemoto

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