Monday, March 30, 2020

Ryokan

I don’t tell the murky world

to turn pure.

I purify myself

and check my reflection

in the water of the valley brook.

—

Ryōkan, Sky Above, Great Wind: The Life and Poetry of Zen Master Ryokan


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