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Poetry
Chaikhana
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Clear in the blue, the moon!
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Clear in the blue, the moon!
Icy water to the horizon, Defining high, low. Startled, The dragon uncoils about the billows.
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The "blue" here is, of course, the sky. In most Zen poems, the sky represents the mind. It is "clear" -- free from agitations and chatter.
The author is delighted to witness the moon. The moon is a common theme in sacred poetry, representing illumination -- gentle, quiet, pure. It is the rising of Buddha mind.
The startled dragon that uncoils is the Kundalini, the reservoir of spiritual energy normally compressed at the base of the spine. In moments of deep spiritual awakening, it gets shaken from its dormancy ("startled"), and uncoils, rising up the spine to the crown.
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