Poems Mr. Charlie Likes

Mr. Charlie · 09-22-2015, 05:48 PM

Look for Buddha outside your own mind,
and Buddha becomes the devil.

- Dogen

Whether you are going or staying or sitting or lying down,
the whole world is your own self.
You must find out
whether the mountains, rivers, grass, and forests
exist in your own mind or exist outside it.
Analyze the ten thousand things,
dissect them minutely,
and when you take this to the limit
you will come to the limitless,
when you search into it you come to the end of search,
where thinking goes no further and distinctions vanish.
When you smash the citadel of doubt,
then the Buddha is simply yourself.

- Daikaku

Unfettered at last, a traveling monk,
I pass the old Zen barrier.
Mine is a traceless stream-and-cloud life,
Of these mountains, which shall be my home?

- Manan

My legacy -
What will it be?
Flowers in spring,
The cuckoo in summer,
And the crimson maples
Of autumn ...

- Ryokan

Loving old priceless things,
I've scorned those seeking
Truth outside themselves:
Here, on the tip of the nose.

- Layman Makusho

Everything
just as it is,
as it is,
as is.
Flowers in bloom.
Nothing to add.

- Roshi

A special transmission outside the scriptures;
No dependence upon words and letters;
Direct pointing at the soul of man:
Seeing into one's nature and the attainment of Buddhahood.

- Bodhidharma

09-22-2015, 05:48 PM	#1 (permalink)
Mr. Charlie Shoo Thoughts Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: These Mountains Posts: 2,308	Look for Buddha outside your own mind, and Buddha becomes the devil. - Dogen Whether you are going or staying or sitting or lying down, the whole world is your own self. You must find out whether the mountains, rivers, grass, and forests exist in your own mind or exist outside it. Analyze the ten thousand things, dissect them minutely, and when you take this to the limit you will come to the limitless, when you search into it you come to the end of search, where thinking goes no further and distinctions vanish. When you smash the citadel of doubt, then the Buddha is simply yourself. - Daikaku Unfettered at last, a traveling monk, I pass the old Zen barrier. Mine is a traceless stream-and-cloud life, Of these mountains, which shall be my home? - Manan My legacy - What will it be? Flowers in spring, The cuckoo in summer, And the crimson maples Of autumn ... - Ryokan Loving old priceless things, I've scorned those seeking Truth outside themselves: Here, on the tip of the nose. - Layman Makusho Everything just as it is, as it is, as is. Flowers in bloom. Nothing to add. - Roshi A special transmission outside the scriptures; No dependence upon words and letters; Direct pointing at the soul of man: Seeing into one's nature and the attainment of Buddhahood. - Bodhidharma