Category Archives: Dogen

    The ferry boat offshore Of Yabase at Lake Biwa – Can I be the one to Meet people, even pushed?     Ni(h)o-no umi-ya Yabase-no oki-no Watashibune Oshite-mo hito-ni A(h)u-mi-naraba-ya     にほの海や 矢橋のおきの 渡し舟 おしても人に あふみならばや   … Continue reading →

    Two poems of residing in the mountain (2):   The moon on the peak becomes not The friend of a mountain resident, As it is also the one going around Throughout the flamboyant world.     Sango nishu … Continue reading →

    Two poems of residing in the mountain (1):   The valley doesn’t drop by, To reflect even the shades, As it hopes to rush and, Come out into the world.     Sango nishu (1):   Tachiyori-te Kage-mo … Continue reading →

    Impermanence:   To what is the world compared It’s the moon dwelling In the dewdrops strewn From the beak of a water fowl.     Mujô:   Yononaka-wa Nani-ni tatoen Mizutori-no Hashi-furu tsuyu-ni Yadoru tsukikage     無常： … Continue reading →

  Casual poems at the grass hut (2):   In the evening moonlight Lighting mountain edges dimly, Fireflies fly With dim light.     Souan zouei (2):   Yama-no ha-no Honomeku yoi-no Tsuki-kage-ni Hikari-mo usuku Tobu-hotaru-kana     草庵雑詠 (2)： … Continue reading →

  Prostration   No winter-grass being seen, A white heron in snowfield Hides itself in Its own form.       Raihai   Fuyu-kusa-mo Mie-nu yuki-no-no Shirasagi-wa Ono-ga sugata-ni Mi-wo kakushi-keri     禮拝   冬草も 見えぬ雪野の しらさぎは おのが姿に 身をかくしけり … Continue reading →

        The moon settling in The clear mind-water, Waves, being broken, Become bright light.       Nigori-naki Kokoro-no mizu-ni Sumu tsuki-wa Nami-mo kudakete Hikari-to-zo naru     濁りなき 心の水に すむ月は 波もくだけて 光とぞなる     Note: A … Continue reading →

    The sound of raindrops of Kyôsei (Jingqing):   Being heard as it is, and For the one without the mind, The water-gem from the eave Is the true self indeed.       Kyôsei (Jingqing) uteki-no koe:   … Continue reading →