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.