[44] Mind is the base, phenomena are dust (from The Shodoka)
Poet: Hsuan Chueh of Yung Chia / Yoka Genkaku
Mind is the base, phenomena are dust;
Yet both are like a flaw in the mirror.
When the flaw is brushed aside,
The light begins to shine.
the dragonfly’s tail, too
Poet: Kobayashi Issa
the dragonfly’s tail, too
day by day
grows old
– from the website http://haikuguy.com/issa/
Hey brother, why do you want me to talk?
Poet: Kabir
Hey brother, why do you want me to talk?
Talk and talk and the real things get lost.
Talk and talk and things get out of hand.