{"id":5622,"date":"2018-05-06T19:42:51","date_gmt":"2018-05-06T18:42:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bodhicharya.org\/manyroads\/?p=5622"},"modified":"2018-05-06T19:42:51","modified_gmt":"2018-05-06T18:42:51","slug":"zen-poetry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bodhicharya.org\/manyroads\/zen-poetry\/","title":{"rendered":"Zen Poetry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5623\" src=\"https:\/\/d2wipdjmobk1g8.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/04\/12091455\/basho.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"121\" height=\"176\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #003366\">Summer grasses:<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #003366\"> all that remains of great soldiers\u2019<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #003366\"> imperial dreams<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Basho<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5624\" src=\"https:\/\/d2wipdjmobk1g8.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/04\/12091944\/snail.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"146\" height=\"97\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #003366\">O Snail,<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #003366\"> Climb Mount Fuji<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #003366\"> But slowly, slowly!<\/span><\/p>\n<p>K.Isha<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5626\" src=\"https:\/\/d2wipdjmobk1g8.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/04\/12092513\/love.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"103\" height=\"86\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #003366\">\u201d I have not heard of a single Buddha, past or present,<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #003366\"> who has been enlightened by sacred prayers<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #003366\"> and scriptures.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Bassui<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5627\" src=\"https:\/\/d2wipdjmobk1g8.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/04\/12092723\/ryokan.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"122\" height=\"145\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #003366\">The wind has settled, the blossoms have fallen;<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #003366\"> Birds sing, the mountains grow dark \u2013<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #003366\"> This is the wondrous power of Buddhism.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Ryokan<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5628\" src=\"https:\/\/d2wipdjmobk1g8.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/04\/12092901\/HP.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"113\" height=\"125\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #003366\">The nature of the Mind when understood,<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #003366\"> No human speech can compass or disclose.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #003366\"> Enlightenment is naught to be attained,<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #003366\"> And he that gains it does not say he knows.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Huang Po<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Summer grasses: all that remains of great soldiers\u2019 imperial dreams &#8211; Basho O Snail, Climb Mount Fuji But slowly, slowly! 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