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Buddhist : Zen / Chan
13th Century

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Timeline (1200 - 1253)

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English version by
Lucien Stryk and Takashi Ikemoto

Original Language
Japanese
The Western Patriarch's doctrine is transplanted!

Themes
  Moon
  Mountain
  Snow
 
 

 

Recommended Books

The Poetry of Zen: (Shambhalla Library), Edited by Sam Hamill / Edited by J. P. Seaton
The Zen Poetry of Dogen: Verses from the Mountain of Eternal Peace, by Steven Heine
Zen Poetry: Let the Spring Breeze Enter, Translated by Lucien Stryk / Translated by Takashi Ikemoto

The Western Patriarch's doctrine is transplanted!
I fish by moonlight, till on cloudy days.
Clean, clean! Not a worldly mote falls with the snow
As, cross-legged in this mountain hut, I sit the evening through.

 

 

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

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