In the World

Posted by The Shobogenzo Zen Center on
Oxherding Picture by Gyokusei Jikihara

 

Barefooted and naked of breast,
I mingle with the people
of the world.
My clothes are ragged and dust-laden,
and I am ever blissful.
I use no magic to extend my life;
Now, before me, the dead trees
become alive.

I have abandoned the whip and ropes

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