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Buddhist : Zen / Chan
20th Century

About Taizan Maezumi Roshi

Timeline (1931 - 1995)

 Taizan Maezumi Roshi, Taizan Maezumi Roshi poetry, Buddhist, Buddhist poetry, Zen / Chan poetry, [TRADITION SUB2] poetry, poetry

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In studying ourselves

 
 
 
 
 

 

Recommended Books

Appreciate Your Life: The Essence of Zen Practice (Shambhala Classics), by Taizan Maezumi
The Hazy Moon of Enlightenment: Part of the On Zen Practice Series, by Taizan Maezumi
On Zen Practice: Body, Breath, Mind, by Taizan Maezumi
Teaching of the Great Mountain : Zen Talks by Taizan Maezumi, by Taizan Maezumi

In studying ourselves
We find the harmony
That is our total existence

We do not make harmony
We do not achieve it
Or gain it

It is there - all the time

Here we are - in the midst
Of this perfect way
And our practice is...

Simply to realize it
And then
To actualize it
In our everyday life...

 

 

 

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