Tung-Shan (Tozan): Long seeking it through others

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Long seeking it through others

by Tung-Shan (Tozan)
(806 - 869) Timeline

English version by
Katsuki Sekida

Original Language
Chinese

Buddhist : Zen / Chan

9th Century

Long seeking it through others,
I was far from reaching it.
Now I go by myself;
I meet it everywhere.
It is just I myself,
And I am not itself.
Understanding this way,
I can be as I am.

Recommended Books

	The Enlightened Heart: An Anthology of Sacred Poetry, by Stephen Mitchell
	The Record of Tung-Shan (Classics in East Asian Buddhism), by William F. Powell
	Two Zen Classics: Mumonkan and Hekiganroku, Translated by Katsuuki Sekida

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