In the heart of the night,
The moonlight framing
A small boat drifting,
Tossed not by the waves
Nor swayed by the breeze.
Dogen, 1247, one of the verses he prepared for the Shogun in Kamakura
photo jeff chenqinyi
A calm mind
A calm mind
Mindfulbalance 
I have just re-watched the DVD on Dogen’s life, so it was timely to read some of his words. Such a short life though. I can only imagine how much wisdom and knowledge he might have passed on if he’d lived past 53.
I can highly recommend the film Zen, starring Kantaro Nakamura as Zen master Eihei Dogen (if anyone reading this post is interested).
Thanks Vicki,
I have never seen it so will check it out,
Karl