In the morning the old man next door came to my thatched hut.
He asked me why the book was damp.
Yearly Archives: 2007
14 – Reading the Record of Eihei Dogen by Ryokan
One evening sitting by the lamp my tears wouldn’t stop,
and soaked into the records of the ancient Buddha Eihei.
13 – Reading the Record of Eihei Dogen by Ryokan
For whom was all his eloquence expounded?
Longing for ancient times and grieving for the present, my heart is exhausted.
12 – Reading the Record of Eihei Dogen by Ryokan
For five hundred years it’s been covered with dust
just because no one has had an eye for recognizing dharma.
11 – Reading the Record of Eihei Dogen by Ryokan
Nobody has asked whether it is a jewel or a pebble.