#ryōkan

[quietlotus]

“I’ll tell you a secret—

‘All things are impermanent!’”

— Ryōkan

#quotes #ryokan #zen #impermanence #change #inspiration #dailyinspiration

[apoemaday]

Dawn

by Ryōkan Taigu

I have returned to my native village after twenty years; No sign of old friends or relatives--they have all died or gone away. My dreams are shattered by the sound of the temple bell struck at sunrise. An empty floor, no shadows; the light has long been extinguished.

#poetry #ryokan taigu #dawn #tr. john stevens

[wisdom-and-such]

One evening a thief visited Ryōkan's hut at the base of the mountain only to discover there was nothing to steal. Ryōkan returned and caught him. "You have come a long way to visit me," he told the prowler, "and you should not return empty-handed. Please take my clothes as a gift." The thief was bewildered. He took the clothes and slunk away. Ryōkan sat naked, watching the moon. "Poor fellow," he mused, "I wish I could have given him this beautiful moon."

This story relates to an an account mentioned by Ryōkan in a haiku:

盗人に 取り���されし 窓の月ぬすっとに とりのこされし まどのつき

nusutto ni / torinokosareshi / mado no tsuki

The thief left it behind:

the moon

at my window

#ryokan #zen #edo period #calligraphy #japan #art history #painting #artists #monk #hermit #japanese #meditation #spirituality #buddhism

[blacklotus-bloog]

Per goderti l'immensità della vita, non hai bisogno di molte cose.

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RYŌKAN TAIGU

BUONGIORNO

[o-druida-ebrio]

Ryōkan, TAL COMO ÉS (versos e reversos de Ryōkan), selecção, organização e tradução do japonês de Marta Morais, edição Assírio & Alvim

[primordialsoundmeditation]

I’ve read them all

Sutras, canons, doctrines

Discourses, Holy Books

The entire Mahabharata

and Ramayana, The Quran,

The Torah, The Avesta,

The Guru Granth Sahib,

I Ching, Tao Te Ching,

The Book of the dead

on ancient papyrus,

Sacred Scriptures, Ancient scrolls,

The Upanshihads, All the Vedas,

Baháʼí literature, Bibles of

every denomination including

ones long lost and forgotten,

Rastafarian doctrines and of

course The Poetic and Prose

Edda of Old Norse Religion

even Hieroglyphics on cave walls

If you think I’ve missed one

don’t be mad, please be kind

I haven’t missed them at all,

They’re just scattered about

the vast emptiness that fills

this limitless spiritual library

in this book loving mind

After devouring

all these readings

amongst the 86

billion neurons

firing in my brain

again and again

I only Realize Reality,

when I leave my ‘self’

and dive beyond mind,

to the stillness of

the Silence within

Where Peace and

Wisdom resides

It’s in your heart of Hearts

where you’ll find Love abides

epc 1956-♾

Zen Painting: Tanya Lozano

Image quote: Ryōkan

Zen Taoism Buddhism Tick Nhat Hanh Dalai Lama

[naviarlab]

naviarhaiku506 – now it reveals its hidden side

now it reveals its hidden side and now the other – thus it falls, an autumn leaf

Ryōkan Taigu was a Japanese poet and calligrapher who lived during the Edo period. A Buddhist monk who lived much of his life as a hermit, Taigu spent most of his time writing poetry, calligraphy, and communing with nature. His poetry is often very simple and inspired by nature.

Seven days to make music in response to the assigned haiku: to participate visit https://www.naviarrecords.com/about/naviar-haiku

Deadline: 20th September 2023

Haiku by Ryōkan Taigu https://allpoetry.com/Taigu-Ryokan

Picture by Ormid Armin https://unsplash.com/photos/QMlMWL4H9so

#naviar #haiku #micropoetry #poetry #ambient #electronic #poem #haiku of the day #electronic music #experimental #senryu

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

"The rain has stopped, the clouds have drifted away, and the weather is clear again. If your heart is pure, then all things in your world are pure. Abandon this fleeting world, abandon yourself, Then the moon and flowers will guide you along the Way." ~ Ryōkan (Translation by John Stevens)

[Ian Sanders]

#Ryokan #John Stevens #Ian Sanders #poetry #poem

[virtualcommonplacebook]

See and realize that this world is not permanent.

Neither late nor early flowers will remain.

Ryōkan Taigu

[radical-revolution]

If someone asks

about the mind of this monk,

say it is no more than

a passage of wind

in the vast sky.

—Ryōkan

[quietlotus]

“With no-mind, blossoms invite the butterfly;

With no-mind the butterfly visits the blossoms.

When the flower blooms, the butterfly comes;

When the butterfly comes, the flower blooms.”

— Ryōkan

#quotes #ryokan #nature #no mind #zen #zen poetry #inspiration #dailyinspiration

[uselessmuseum]

Taigu Ryokan, Dewdrops on a Lotus leaf, 2004 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryōkan

#Taigu Ryokan #booksandsoon

[oacasodaspalavras]

Ryokan, Tal como és, 2024 https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryōkan

#Ryokan #livros ao acaso

[silence-the-barking-monk]

Why do you so earnestly seek the truth in distant places? Look for delusion and truth in the bottom of your own heart.

– Ryōkan

[singing-river]

“clouds lingering ...”

— Ryōkan

#quotes #○

[primordialsoundmeditation]

One of my all time

favorite Zen poets

and his poetess love …

“Even if you consume

as many books

as the sands

of the Ganges.

It’s not as good

as really catching

One verse of Zen.

If you want the

secret of Buddhism,

Here it is:

Everything is in the Heart”

Ryōkan (1758–1831)

Teishin (1798-1873)

was a Japanese

Zen Buddhist nun

and poetess.

She was the pupil

and closest friend of

the Zen poet Ryōkan

Zen Taoism Buddhism Tick Nhat Hanh Dalai Lama