Posted inArt and Poems, Dogen, Other Teachings

Flower’s Song, Dogen

September 8, 2018

Haru kaze ni

Waga koto no ha no

Chirinuru o

Hana no uta to ya

Hito no nagamen.

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Will their gaze fall upon

The petals of words I utter,

Shaken loose and blown free by the spring breeze,

As if only the notes

Of a flower’s song?

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The Zen Poetry of DOGEN
Verses from the Mountain of Eternal Peace
STEVEN HEINE Tuttle Publishing. Boston

This talk was given by Zen teacher John Gaynor
at The Meditatio Centre on wed 13 September 2017
Click to listen.
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Photo and creation by Rosa Bellino
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