Wednesday, September 26, 2007

RYU-TOKU-SUI: A Dragon Finding Water



NYO like
RYU dragon
TOKU get, find
SUI water

In Japanese:

RYU NO MIZU O URU GA GOTOKU
RYU dragon
NO [joining particle]
MIZU water
O [object particle]
URU get
GA GOTOKU is like
“Like a dragon finding water.”

The essence of water
No dragon knows,
But unless something stops it,
Downward it flows.

The secret of Zazen
No buddha knows,
But an edifice crumbles,
And consciousness grows.

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