In the eternity of meditation
Recognise
The fleetingness of moment
In the stillness
Find vanity
In the emptiness
Find joyous mind-song
In the lasting peace
Identify noise
None but the falling water –
Do-gen’s image
Carried away
Breaks on the precipice
Cascades
Into ten thousand mirrors
Each a rainbow
Reflecting on the world
Solitude amongst mountains
20/07/12
Do-gen is attributed with bringing Buddhism to Japan. Abandoning society, it is said that a stream carried away his reflection.
Advertisements
