Dogen

Coming or Going

The migrating bird

leaves no trace behind

and does not need a guide.

(from The Zen Poetry of Dogen: Verses from the Mountain of Eternal Peace, translated by Dr. Steven Heine)

True Person Manifest Throughout the Ten Quarters of the World

The true person is

Not anyone in particular;

But, like the deep blue color

Of the limitless sky,

It is everyone, everywhere in the world.

(from The Zen Poetry of Dogen: Verses from the Mountain of Eternal Peace, translated by Dr. Steven Heine)

In the Stream

In the stream,

Rushing past

To the dusty world,

My fleeting form

Casts no reflection.

(from The Zen Poetry of Dogen: Verses from the Mountain of Eternal Peace, translated by Dr. Steven Heine)