The perfect way out :
There`s no past/present/future.
Dawn after dawn, the sun !
Night after night, the moon !

-Getsudo, 1285-1361


Who said the sea`s concave,
Mountains convex ?
Why, I swallow them whole-
The boneless sky !

-Heishin, 1287-1369


Moving/resting is meaningless.
Traceless, leaving/coming.
Across moonlit mountains,
Howling wind !

-Unoku, 1248-1321


One look at plum blossoms
Opened Reiun`s eyes,
Old Tan recites poems,
Is often in his cups.
Want "meaningless" Zen ?
Just look-at anything !

-Old Shoju, 1642-1721


The Mount Sumeru mallet firmly gripped,
I pound through the drum of space.
Hiding, I leave not a trace-
Behold the snared sun !

- Shonen, 1215-89


There I was, hunched over office desk,
Mind an unruffled pool.
A thunderbolt ! My middle eye
Shot wide, revealing-my ordinary self.

- Layman Seiken, 11 C.


Not seeing that a "Zen man" is no Zen man,
I was a lump of doubt for twenty years-
Kozan`s poisoned drum destroyed at last,
Earth and heaven soar like Mount Sumeru.

-Guchu, 1334-1409


For twenty years I`ve sought the other
Now, letting go, I fly out of the pit
What use oneness of mind and body ?
These days I only sing la-la-la.

-Keso Shogaku, 15 C.




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