禅Daichi Sokei

verse

In the Mountain Hut

Daichi Sokei's Poems

Nanbokuchō Period Japan

Traditionally attributed

Text

Pine needles cover the old roof. The valley stream asks nothing of me. I went to China to find the great teaching — I found it here, on the way down from the mountain. Buddha-nature does not require a hall. The rain knows this already. Sit in the rain, then. Sit until the rain agrees.

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Attribution

Lineage: Sōtō

By Daichi Sokei

Sources

  • contentZen Editorial Overlay - Originals Curation

    Zen project editorial

    Attributed verse; cf. Daichi Sokei's Collected Works (Higo tradition); Bodiford, p. 93

    Daichi Sokei's Poems: In the Mountain Hut

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