Monday, March 06, 2006
Seasons: Spring Rains
Poems by Soen Nakagawa and other Zen Masters
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Last night the sky opened up. Woke up a few times to the sound of hard rain. From the look of the clouds, there is more on the way.
Spring approaches
the Pacific Ocean
will be my sitting mat
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Sound of mountain
sound of ocean
everywhere spring rain
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---Soen Nakagawa (1907-1984)
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Sitting quietly, doing nothing
Spring Comes, and the grass grows by itself
---Zenrin Kushu
I Always think of Konan in March
Partridges chirp among the scented blossoms.
---Fuketsu
The long night,
The sound of the water
Says what I think
---Gochiku
Source: The World of Zen by Nancy Wilson Ross
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Spring approaches
the Pacific Ocean
will be my sitting mat
Sound of mountain
sound of ocean
everywhere spring rain
Sitting quietly, doing nothing
Spring Comes, and the grass grows by itself
---Zenrin Kushu
I Always think of Konan in March
Partridges chirp among the scented blossoms.
---Fuketsu
The long night,
The sound of the water
Says what I think
---Gochiku
Source: The World of Zen by Nancy Wilson Ross
