koan

No one at home – yet no vacancy!


Soen Nakagawa


Endless Vow – The Zen Path of Soen Nakagawa (Shambala Publications, Boston/London, 1996)

in the midst of winter

In the midst of winter
I find in myself at last
Invencible summer


Soen Nakagawa


in Endless Vow - The Zen Path of Soen Nakagawa, Shambala Publications, 1996


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dusty affairs

Looking for serenity
you have come
to the monastery.

Looking for serenity
I am leaving
the monastery.

Kwatz!

Stop running about seeking!

The dusty affairs of the world
fill the day,
fill the night.


Soen Nakagawa


ın Endless Vow - The Zen Path of Soen Nakagawa, Shambala Publıcatıons, 1996

reflecting my heart

Clearness!
sky and water
reflecting my heart.


Soen Nakagawa


(in Endless Vow - The Zen Path of Soen Nakagawa, Shambala Publications, 1996)

Photo: Shapes in shades of green, through the clear sea water close to Fethiye, Turkey - EfratNakash.com