Hsuan Chueh of Yung Chia / Yoka Genkaku: [26] The moon shines on the river (from The Shodoka)

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[26] The moon shines on the river (from The Shodoka)

by Hsuan Chueh of Yung Chia / Yoka Genkaku
(665 - 713) Timeline

English version by
Robert Aitken

Original Language
Chinese

Buddhist : Zen / Chan

Taoist

7th Century

The moon shines on the river,
The wind blows through the pines,--
Whose providence is this long beautiful evening?
The Buddha-nature jewel of morality
Is impressed on the ground of my mind,
And my robe is the dew, the fog, the cloud, and the mist.

Themes

Light

Moon

Water

Recommended Books

	Buddhism and Zen, by Nyogen Senzaki / Ruth Strout McCandless

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