Zen Master – Shitou Xiqian (700-790)
Zen Master Shitou Xiqian is famous for two poems that are classic Zen texts. I recently started reading...
Poetry Month – Poems by Ryokan
Selections 4 and 5 for National Poetry Month. These two poems of Zen Master Ryokan are from Dewdrops...
Book Review – Cultivating the Empty Field
This is a follow-up to my previous post about the book “Cultivating the Empty Field: The Silent Illumination...
Book – Not answers, but where to look
The one single book that has helped me to focus, let go, and where to find the answers...
Zen Master – Quote by Dogen
Eihei Dogen (1200-1253) Founder of Japanese Soto Zen “Studying the Buddha Way is studying oneself. Studying oneself is...
Masters – Shitou Xiqian – Song of the Grass-Roof Hermitage
Song of the Grass-Roof Hermitage, written by Shitou Xiqian (700 – 790). I’ve built a grass hut where there’s...
Masters – Shitou Xiqian – Harmony of Difference and Equality
The poem Harmony of Difference and Equlity (or Sameness) is a classic Chan Zen poem known for its...
Poem by Zen Master Ryokan
Another year lingers to an end; Heaven sends a bitter frost. Fallen leaves cover the mountains And there...
2013 Poetry Month #9 – One Robe, One Bowl
Today’s poems are from the collection “One Robe, One Bowl – The Zen Poetry of Ryokan”, published in...