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    Zazen with Zenkon - Saturday poetry reading suggestions

    At our Saturday morning sit, in addition to chanting the Heart Suttra and reciting the Bodhisattva Vows, we include a brief reading of a section of poetry. In the past, we have read "Faith in Mind" and "Jewel Mirror Samadhi". We are coming to the end of our current poem and I am looking for suggestions on poems people would like to hear read. Any suggestions?

    Gassho

    Zenkon

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    If you fancy a long one, there is always the Shōdōka of Yongjia Xuanjue (665–713):

    https://terebess.hu/zen/sodoka.html#lev

    Gassho
    Kokuu
    -sattoday-

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    Know Kokuu
    In big and little verse,

    Know Kokuu
    I am not remiss
    Doctor upon doctor,
    May I be of use in our Zendo
    Proclaim poem
    In Big and Little Verse
    Any verse, tribute
    To our friendship
    May you not be
    Too busy to correct
    This poem meant
    To keep a drowsy
    Emperor awake
    Sailing to Byzantium
    Gold dome of Asia
    Even Minor
    Bridge beyond my
    Humble attained
    What I always
    Hoped for
    Which our Japanese
    Scholar daughter, soon
    PhD Japanese literature/
    Comprehensive,
    she takes place
    Of parents gifted
    To her achievement
    Did not find scholarship
    Less easy, lets father
    Declare poetry
    Marjorie truest
    Peral pure of honest
    Taught strong man
    To be no rivalries
    To Ko Ko, Kanji
    Kokuu immovable
    Face of concern.

    Gassho
    sat/ lah
    Last edited by Tai Shi; 12-13-2022 at 01:38 PM. Reason: only one crack in pot
    Peaceful Poet, Tai Shi. Ubasoku; calm, supportive, limited to positive 優婆塞 台 婆

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