[Poetry Chaikhana] Muso Soseki - Incomparable Verse Valley

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Incomparable Verse Valley By Muso Soseki (1275 - 1351) English version by W. S. Merwin   The sounds of the stream           splash out                     the Buddha's sermon Don't say           that the deepest meaning                     comes only from one's mouth Day and night           eighty thousand poems                     arise one after the other and in fact           not a single word                     has ever been spoken   -- from Sun at Midnight: Muso Soseki - Poems and Sermons, Translated by W. S. Merwin / Translated by Soiku Shigematsu Amazon.com / Photo by s.thornton /

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Ooh, I just like this poem, don't you?

Have a wonderful day! (And don't forget to listen for the sermons in the silence...)

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Muso Soseki first practiced Zen under the guidance of a Chinese teacher but he "failed miserably." He later studied with the Japanese Zen master Koho Kennichi and soon began to unfold into profound awakening, receiving inka or certification of enlightenment in 1339.

Muso Soseki went on to teach large numbers of students and, like many Zen practitioners, write poetry. He also became an advisor to the first Ashikaga Shogun and helped to re-establish trade and communications between Japan and China.

Soseki is perhaps most famous, however, for his profound influence in the art of Zen gardening as spaces to cultivate awareness.

Ivan

 

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