Jakushitsu: Sitting in the Mountains

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Sitting in the Mountains

Jakushitsu, Jakushitsu poetry, Buddhist, Buddhist poetry, Zen / Chan poetry, [TRADITION SUB2] poetry, poetry

by Jakushitsu
(1290 - 1367) Timeline

English version by
Arthur Braverman

Original Language
Japanese

Buddhist : Zen / Chan

14th Century

Rock slab seat
     legs folded
          sitting alone

Not loathing noise
     not savoring silence

The carefree clouds concur

-- from A Quiet Room: The Poetry of Zen Master Jakushitsu, Translated by Arthur Braverman

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/ Photo by Bohari Adventures /

Themes

Mountain

Silence

Recommended Books

	A Quiet Room: The Poetry of Zen Master Jakushitsu, Translated by Arthur Braverman
	The Roaring Stream: A New Zen Reader, Edited by Nelson Foster
	Zen Masterclass: A Graduated Course in Zen Wisdom from Traditional Masters, by Stephen Hodge

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Commentary by Ivan M. Granger

I like this poem! Nothing wasted, just a bare sketch of words and image: the poet, seated on a rock. Not clinging. Not pushing away. A still witness to the flow of mind and life.

The carefree clouds concur

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