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16 – Reading the Record of Eihei Dogen by Ryokan

I wanted to speak but didn’t as I was deeply embarrassed;
my mind deeply distressed, it was impossible to give an explanation.

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15 – Reading the Record of Eihei Dogen by Ryokan

In the morning the old man next door came to my thatched hut.
He asked me why the book was damp.

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One evening sitting by the lamp my tears wouldn’t stop,
and soaked into the records of the ancient Buddha Eihei.

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For whom was all his eloquence expounded?
Longing for ancient times and grieving for the present, my heart is exhausted.

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For five hundred years it’s been covered with dust
just because no one has had an eye for recognizing dharma.