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Buddhist : Zen / Chan
14th Century

About Muso Soseki

Timeline (1275 - 1351)

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English version by
W. S. Merwin

Original Language
Japanese

Temple of Eternal Light

Themes
  Light
  Mountain
  Water
 
 

 

Recommended Books

East Window: Poems from Asia, Translated by W. S. Merwin
Roaring Stream: A New Zen Reader, Edited by Nelson Foster / Edited by Josh Shoemaker
Sun at Midnight: Muso Soseki - Poems and Sermons, Translated by W. S. Merwin / Translated by Soiku Shigematsu

The mountain range
     the stones in the water
          all are strange and rare
The beautiful landscape
     as we know
          belongs to those who are like it
The upper worlds
     the lower worlds
          originally are one thing
There is not a bit of dust
     there is only this still and full
          perfect enlightenment

 

 

-- from Sun at Midnight: Muso Soseki - Poems and Sermons, Translated by W. S. Merwin / Translated by Soiku Shigematsu

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