Late Spring Lake

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.. .. .. Tomada Lake in Okayama
March 2005

quiet spring day - the lake a mirror but aaaa, the clouds ! .. .. .. .. .. Changing to .. .. .. .. .. Changing closer to ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: friedlicher Fruehlingstag - der See ein Spiegel aber sieh! die Wolken 春しずか 池は鏡が 雲はなんと。。。

© Gabi Greve, March 2005

More Haiku about Clouds

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quiet spring day -
the lake a mirror
but aaaa, the clouds !

Some of my German haiku friends think this is a very simple description of nature and does not leave much way for the imaginagion or inspiration.

Naruhodo!

Putting myself in my German mode, I am inclined to agree!

Putting myself into my Japanese mode, of course, things are different.

the lake like a mirror, the heart pure and undisturbed, the mind clear and free...

the clouds, the clutter in the mind, the worries in the heart

the mirror reflecting all things while not being changed by them

and so on and so on in the ZEN lore...


.......... so much more symbolism in the Japnese mode ...

I was writing about my cluttered state of mind, and nature happened just to show that on this very day.
So it is SHAJITSU 写実 the scetching of nature, in both ways, the inner and the outer world being at the same level at that very moment!

Internal Shasei ...

Crosscultural mis-understanding, maybe ?


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Bridges

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.. .. .. .. .. Bridges 　橋




.. .. .. colors moving
.. .. .. in clear waters <>
.. .. .. a bridge to you



This was our New Year Greeting Card in Heisei 12.

The bridge is in Ritsurin Kooen, a most famous park in Takamatsu, Shikoku.

In the Japanese garden the shapes of natural mountains, rivers and lakes and the wildernesses of forests are simulated and expressed in a heightened poetic way. It is this refined poetic character that impinges itself on the sensibility of the visitor to the garden. The Japanese garden is a tangible realization of the aesthetics of Shinto nature worship and the ideals of Buddhist philosophy, the twin spiritual foundations of Japanese culture.

http://www.holymtn.com/garden/RitsurinKoen1.htm

A great Photo Tour through the Park
http://www.reggie.net/album.php?albid=826

http://www.city.takamatsu.kagawa.jp/ENGLISH/kankou/seto/ritsurin/


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. WKD : Bridges as Haiku Topics .


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Cherry Blossoms <> Sakura

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.. .. .. .. Sakura, the Cherry Blossoms



cherry blossoms -
stones of the past
stones of the present


2004, Hiruzen Highlands 蒜山高原
where the Sun Goddess hid in a cave and later returned.
Hiruzen Koogen is about 90 minutes drive from my home.

The dolmen in the area are a splendid setting for the perishable cherry blossoms. Here you can easily feel the presence of the ancient Gods. It is a very quiet and solitude cherry blossom viewing spot !


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Here is another side of rural reality:


falling petals -
the farmers wife
spraying chemicals


This is the reality of rural Japan. Now many bugs come out, so they use poison against them, poison against weeds, poison against anything that disturbs human expectations.
The landsacpe in Hiruzen was very beautiful with snow-covered Mount Daizen (almost as beautiful as Mount Fuji) and a thousand old cherry petals floating in the air.
If it had not been for the Farmers Grandma, it could have been perfect rural Japan.
Maybe this is the equivalent of an Urban Haiku, showing the other side of rural reality.




Have a look at the Cherry Blossom Alley leading to the temple in front of the cave, where the sun goddess of Japanese legend used to hide before the Gods, plunging the world into darknes..




More pictures are here:
http://www.shok.co.jp/kawakami/sakura/imgboard.pl




Hiruzen Highland through the Seasons
蒜山高原 大自然
Nature in Hiruzen


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Cherry Blossom Viewing (Hanami) 津山の花見
in Tsuyama Castle Park 2005




cherry blossom party -
the red umbrella
invites to tea

Beautiful ladies in colorful kimono serve green tea.


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old stonewalls
flanked by cherry blossoms -
the universe changes





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shades of pink
in the blue sky -
life enfolding now


Look at my album with more Hanami photos from 2008
http://www.flickr.com/photos/grevegabi4000/sets/72157604448447438/detail/


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Sakurafubuki, Cherry Blossom Snow


http://www.posca.jp/index.php?mode=post_card&asp_id=32389&c_id=59142


cherry blossom snow -
second for second
the clock ticks

Kirschbluetenschnee -
die Uhr tickt
Sekunde um Sekunde

The cherry season is almost over. Sakura-fubuki, the petals fluttering in the wind like snow, are now our kigo. The pond is white with petals, the heron is building his nest, the swans are circling quietely among the petals..

And in my garden, the wooden clock handmade by my husband, keeps ticking...

April 14, 2005

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Cherry Blossoms (sakura, Japan)
... and many related kigo in the database


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Pine <> Matsu

nnnnnnnnnnnnn TOP nnnnnnnnnnnnn

.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Pine tree, Matsu　松



waiting for spring　－
the pine stands
tall as ever

松の待つ
姿を見れば
天高し

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Pine (matsu, Japan)


MATSU in Japnese can also mean " to wait"

Matsu - The Pine and Daruma 松と達磨―古木散歩

Daruma growing out of a Pine



http://www.amie.or.jp/daruma/Matsu-2.html

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http://groups.yahoo.com/group/happyhaiku/


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http://worldkigodatabase.blogspot.com/

Dew Tsuyu

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Morning Dew, Asatsuyu 朝露





morning dew <>
the sun will kill you
much later



morning dew <>
the pearl necklace
of my grandmother



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. Dew (tsuyu) the KIGO


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Autumn Days

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Autumn Days, Aki takashi 秋高し

clear Autumn day by the little lake - Namu Amida Butsu !

In the corner near the lake is a little temple with a very special Buddha Statue, where I like to go for a quiet walk.

Tanjoo-Ji, Oku no In

法然上人とゆかりの誕生寺

... Temple Tanjo-Ji (Tanjooji) in my neighbourhood

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Fallen Leaves - Ochiba 落ち葉


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autum comes
to my humble abode -
all in gold


The times when we feel millionairs !


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. Korakuen Park in Okayama 後楽園 .


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Cold coming back

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Kan Modori, the Cold coming Back in Spring

March 2005, blessed with snowstorms and temperatures around minus 6 in the morning.


kan modori -
let the world be
and take a rest








And this is the look outside, with snow hanging heavily over the roof and the bamboo all bend under the load. When this avalanche falls down in various parts around the roof, the whole house shakes like in an earthquake. We keep the cats inside to protect them from this event and as you can see, little Haiku kun has his way to cope with the situation.





More photos of Haiku kun, my talisman cat, are here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/gabigreve2000/sets/72157600520907650/


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Ishi-jizoo 　zukin no yabureshi 　kan modori


little Stone Buddha -
your hood all torn
and the cold coming back!


More of my Haiku about Jizoo Bosatsu.

Stone Jizo Bosatsu 石地蔵



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cold coming back
. WKD : kan modori 寒もどり cold coming back.


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Bamboo

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.. .. .. .. .. .. .. Bamboo in my Valley

Bamboo groves sourround our home on three sides. They are a marvel in any season, but in winter, with snow, they strike me as especially beautiful.



morning sun
coloring sky and snow -
bamboo dancing

早暁の竹を揺らして春の雪　　　毅

Thank you for the translation, Hata san.
http://www2u.biglobe.ne.jp/~denthata/

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late snow
on the bamboo grove -
the mind soaring

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the sound of iced snow
dripping
in the bamboo grove

.. .. .. quite an eery sound this morning getting to the mailbox.
We can only hear this on very seldom late-winter mornings, when the wet snow of last evening has iced and starts melting now in the sunshine.

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a white cap
for each yuzu -
late spring snow

Yuzu (Japan) a ctiron fruit


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.. .. .. .. .. from earth to heaven
.. .. .. .. .. snow blowing up -
.. .. .. .. .. early morning storm


... in early winter, we had the following situation

heavy snowstorm -
snowflakes going
back up to heaven


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Let the world gossip !
The bamboo sparkles
in autumn sunshine !

October 4, 2004


white mushrooming clouds
over the green bamboo -
autumn sunset in action

September 13, 2004
....................................Look at them here:
http://happyhaiku.blogspot.com/2004/11/clouds-in-my-valley.html



bamboo
growing so fast
closer to heaven

June 30, 2004

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kaze no oto
takeyabu ni kaze
matsu ni kaze

.. .. .. .. the sound of wind
.. .. .. .. wind in the bamboo grove
.. .. .. .. wind in the pines


Read some musings about Haiku, Bamboo and the Wind,
all together forming my Haiku Sensei, Bamboo Sensei.

　Bamboo and
The Sound of Wind 　


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cloudy ---
just one spotlight
on the bamboo grove


Look at the photos HERE
May 2009



snowed in -
the bamboo hangs its head
so low

. snowed in - 2008 .


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My Photo Collection of Bamboo Art
竹美術の写真
with more photos of snow
http://www.flickr.com/photos/gabigreve2000/sets/72157600520239541/


Musings about Bamboo as a haiku kigo
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/happyhaiku/message/373


More about Daruma and Bamboo Art in Asia
Take - Bamboo Art


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KOAN and Haiku (01)

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. KOAN and Haiku (02) .. Dreams 夢

. KOAN and Haiku (03) .. Original face and Immortality

. Four-word Zen Teachings 四字禅語 yoji zengo .

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.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Koan and Haiku 公案と俳句

They may not be HAIKU in the purist sense, but they connect in the realm where Zen and Haiku meet. Some need a lot of explanation to be understood, some stand quite well by themselves.

This is an ongoing topic of my haiku life.
Check it out, if you please, and come up with your version.


smacking a child　-
the sound of one hand
clapping


http://www.poster.de/Duerer-Albrecht/Duerer-Albrecht-Betende-Haende-2632906.html




a mosquito
aiming noisily -
the sound of one hand

. Daruma san and the Mosquito .




what is the sound
of one hand slapping
its own back ?



the SIGHT of one hand -
. Hakuin Zenji 白隠禅師 .



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.. .. .. Koan, the Monkey Lessons



The Monkey Lesson from The Chuang Tzu

An arrogant prince took his friends on a boat trip to an island famous for its monkeys; but as the royal boat docked, the monkeys - with one exception - fled in terror and hid. The one monkey who had not fled put on an extraordinary show of agility for the visitors. He swung through the branches, leaping and twirling in the most graceful way.

The prince drew his bow and shot an arrow at the monkey; but the animal caught the arrow in mid-flight.

The prince would not be twarted by such an ostentatious monkey; and so he ordered his guards to kill the monkey with all deliberate speed. Immediately a hail of arrows pierced the monkey who fell dead at the prince's feet. Then the prince turned to his companion, Yen Bu, "You see what happens to fools who advertise their cleverness. He wanted to be noticed, to stand out from all the others of his kind. Creatures who crave such attention soon get more than they bargained for."

Yen Bu considered the monkey's actions and his fate and the prince's contemptuous words. As soon as he returned home he approached a holy man and asked to be accepted as his disciple. "I seek the humble life," he said, "the life of one who does not perform for others and therefore does not have to rely upon their approval and generous natures - which they may not possess.
I seek to find my happiness within myself; and when I find it I will regard it as a treasured gem and keep it safely hidden."

Yen Bu found his happiness within himself and in keeping it hidden, he kept himself out of sight, too. Everyone belived that he had to be a great man since he so easily shunned the court. And surely, they thought, he must have gained a great fortune to be so independent of royal patronage. Everywhere he went, people were in awe of him and sought to touch the hem of his robe. Without trying, he had acquired the mystique of greatness.
http://www.hsuyun.org/Dharma/zbohy/Sruti-Smriti/DharmaTalks/dharma-talks-home.html
http://www.hsuyun.org/Dharma/zbohy/Sruti-Smriti/DharmaTalks/the-monkey.html



. Zhuangzi, Chuang-tsu and Haiku 　


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.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. RELATIVITY


the tallest dwarf
meeting the smallest giant -
same size


MASTER XU YUN :
Dear Friends, let me tell you a little story a wise man once told me.
He said:
"Once I found myself in an unfamiliar country, walking down a strange street. I looked around trying to get my bearings; and seeing two men who were standing nearby, I approached them. `Where am I?' I asked. `Who are you people?'

"The first man replied, `This is the world of Samsara, and in this world I happen to be the very tallest dwarf there is!' And the other man replied, `Yes, and I happen to be the shortest giant!'
"This encounter left me very confused because, you see, both men were exactly the same height."

I preface my remarks to you with this little story because I want to emphasize at the outset how important it is to consider the perception of things.

Hui Neng, the Sixth and last Patriarch of our Chan Path, once came upon two monks who were arguing about a banner that was waving in the wind.
The first monk said, "It is the banner that is moving." The other monk said, "No! It is the wind that is moving."
The Sixth Patriarch admonished them both. "Good Sirs," he said. "It is your mind that is doing all the moving!"

In the world of Samsara, Man is the measure of all things. Everything is relative. Everything is changing. Only in the real world, the world of Nirvana, is there constancy.
In Chan our task is to discriminate - not between the false and the false, but between the false and the real. Differences in outward appearance do not matter at all. The real world is inside us. It is even inside our mind.
http://www.jcrows.com/XuYunTeachings.html


fahne im wind -
der geist
still

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.. .. .. .. .. .. the mind
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.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. GOOD SNOW


http://www.ne.jp/asahi/raruru/cg-gallery/kita/data03a/mori03.html


good snow -
the flakes do not fall
elsewhere


I put this lesson of Upasaka in three lines, it seems to make a fine haiku.

When the Upasaka left Yo Shan, the latter sent ten Ch'an monks to accompany him to the front door of the monastery. Pointing his finger at the falling snow, the Upasaka said to them:
"Good snow! The flakes do not fall elsewhere."

A Ch'an monk named Ch'uan asked him: "Where do they fall?" The Upasaka slapped the monk in the face, and Ch'uan said: "You can't act so carelessly." The Upasaka replied: "What a Ch'an monk you are! The god of the dead will not let you pass." Ch'uan asked: "Then what does the Venerable Upasaka mean?" The Upasaka slapped him again and said: "You see like the blind and you talk like the dumb."

There is a lot more on this site:
http://www.hsuyun.com/en/hsuyun/hsuyun3eng.html

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.. .. .. .. .. .. .. Bee and Paper


this foolish bee
taking real paper
for real

As the old master sat under a waxed- paper window studying a sutra, a bee began to buzz around the room; and the bee, drawn to the outside light, kept crashing into the window paper, trying to get out of the room.
Shen Zan watched the frustrated bee and said, "So you want to get out and enter the infinity of space! Well, you won't do it by penetrating old paper..." Then he said simply, "The door stands open but the bee refuses to go through it. See how it knocks its head against the shut window.

Foolish Bee! When will it understand that the Way is blocked by paper?"




Look at more amazing Images and Reflections

Photographs by Yao Xiang
with accompanying haiku by Basho, Buson, Issa, and others

http://hsuyun.org/Dharma/zbohy/VisualArts/IandR/set1/photos-1.html

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wiping away
thoughts about homecoming ...
snow on snow

Chen-ou Liu
Taiwan/Canada


Wiping off thoughts alludes to a famous story about the third patriarch of Zen, Sosan:

Sosan approached Master Hui-ko (the second patriarch) and said to him:
“My mind is possessed by thoughts. I beg you, Master, wipe away these thoughts.”

Hui-ko appeared surprised and Sosan away saying,
“Go. Find your thoughts and bring them to me, then I’ll wipe them away for you.”

Sosan went outside. After some time he returned and said,
“Although I’ve looked for my thoughts, I can’t find them.”

To this Hui-ko replied,
“It seems then that I’ve done a good job ofwiping away your thoughts.”

-- an excerpt from The Book of Nothing,p.13


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春の矢は未来を放ち　山笑う

spring arrow
to hit
the future

summer arrow
to hit
the moment

夏の矢は今を放ち　山滴り




秋の矢は過去を放ち　山粧う

autum arrow
to hit
the past

winter arrow
to hit
eternity

冬の矢は永遠を放つ　山眠る



Nan Hua Chan Buddhist Society

The ancients had the same problems with time that we have.
They said, "Days pass like a shuttle in a loom." First one way, then the other way. Back and forth, side to side.
Sometimes they said, "Days pass like arrows overhead."
We stand there and watch them fly by, wondering where they're all going.

Read the great teachings of Xu Yun here:
http://www.jcrows.com/XuYunTeachings.html


Safecopies of the above koans are here:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DarumaArchives-002/message/51


Kyudo is one of the Japanese martial arts, and is similar to archery.
http://www.kyudo.jp/english/


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Some stories with a morale, not necessarily Zen
http://www.dimdima.com/khazana/stories/showstory.asp?q_cat=Moral+Stories

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. 庭前柏樹子 teizen hakujushi .
“the cypress tree in the courtyard”
“the cypress in front of the yard”
“that oak tree in the garden”
“the tree in the middle of the garden”

- the TREE . . . byakushin 柏槙 a kind of mountain juniper

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My more serious treatment of Koan and Daruma san
.. .. KATSU!　渇　 .. ..


http://darumamuseum.blogspot.com/2010/02/katsu-koan.html



"What does it take to enlighten a mouse?
A good KATZ!"

Gabi's Cat Koan


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.. .. .. .. .. comparing good things

The Closer You Get, The Closer You Get

“A rich man visited a farmhouse. The farmer gave him a piece of cake and boasted: ‘This is the best cake in the whole world!’ The rich man tasted it, and commented, ‘It is all right. I would like, however, to invite you to my home and to taste the cake we serve there.’ The farmer returned his visit, later on. When he tasted the rich man’s cake, he exclaimed, ‘I never knew there was such good cake in existence!’

“The other replied, ‘I didn’t want to hurt your feelings, but you were familiar only with that dry cake of yours. I know many varieties. That is how I knew that yours was by no means the best in the world.’

“So it is when you get a taste of divine bliss: You know that nothing else in existence can equal it. Temptation then becomes dry and loses all its attractiveness. The best way to conquer temptation is to have something better to compare it with.”

Parhamahansa Yogananda

Comparing haiku, how does this one taste ?
How does Basho taste ?
And how Issa ?

Striving for the best we can do every day !

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. ISSA'S EIGHT HOKKU ON JOSHU'S DOG KOAN .

A monk asked Joshu,
"Do dogs have a Buddha-nature?"
Joshu answered, "Not."

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Narayanan Raghunathan from India and his versions of

Metaphysical Haiku ~1~ Radiant Visions ~
Metaphysical Haiku ~2 ~ Bodha ~
Metaphysical Haiku ~3 ~ Chants of Silences ~

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My thoughts on .. Cosmos and the Universe

sipping the universe
the stars in my wineglass
sparkle

the universe -
my heart floating
on autumn clouds

a cool breeze
from the depth of the universe -
sunset in the valley

small haiku
use small words -
BIG UNIVERSE

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/happyhaiku/message/168



finding haiku -
the whole universe
in my mind

a few more of my thoughts on the subject :
finding haiku / a way to live


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. Which is sugar?
Which is salt ? 　


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Continue here with more of my Koan Haiku :

KOAN and Haiku (02) .. Dreams 夢 , Finger pointing to the moon

KOAN and Haiku (03) .. The Original Face


Yin and Yang Cats ..陰と陽と猫

Zen Riddles with BEE ..ミツバチと禅
. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Haiku and Moments

Voice of Buddha .. .. Frogs Farting :o) 。。蛙の屁

MANDALA .. Just the Beginning　。。曼荼羅

Mirror Moon Mind

Experience

Teapot philosophy

Change in Life

Insides and Teeth

Prayer of the Rain

Gladiola
Flower Heart

Frogs and Truth

Pilgrim Herder
Pilgrim's Path

Bowing Deeply

Bowl of silver filled with snow



. QUOTES . .. .. .. .. .. to enjoy haiku even more

.. .. .. .. .. .. .. Tao, Dao and Haiku 道教と俳句
.. .. .. .. .. .. .. Tao of a useless tree

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a cup of tea
and a koan to go -
cold morning

Nan-in, a Japanese master during the Meiji era (1868-1912), received a university professor who came to inquire about Zen.

Nan-in served tea.
He poured his visitor's cup full, and then kept on pouring.

The professor watched the overflow until he no longer could restrain himself. "It is overfull. No more will go in!"

"Like this cup," Nan-in said,
"you are full of your own opinions and speculations.
How can I show you Zen unless you first empty your cup?"

Gabi Greve, February 2012

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External LINK
Zen Koans Database
http://cincinato.org/koans/list_en.php

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. heijooshin 平常心 Heijoshin, the even mind .

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