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Buddhist : Zen / Chan
Taoist
7th Century

About Yoka Genkaku (Yongjia Xuanjue)

Timeline (665 - 713)

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English version by
Robert Aitken

Original Language
Chinese
[18] I wandered over rivers and seas, crossing mountains and streams, (from The Shodoka)

Themes
  Birth, Rebirth
  Death
  Mountain
  Water
  Womb

 

Recommended Books

Buddhism and Zen, by Nyogen Senzaki / Ruth Strout McCandless

I wandered over rivers and seas, crossing mountains and streams,
Visiting teachers, asking about the Way in personal interviews;
Since I recognized the Sixth Founding Teacher at Ts'ao Ch'i,
I know what is beyond the relativity of birth and death.

 

 

 

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