These poems were all spontaneously composed in a single night, inspired by the writings of Zen Master Seong Sang.
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1.
Valleys and mountains
Only blue
10 000 clouds only white
If you can read the spaces
Between words
The answer
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2.
10 000 000 000 hearts
Only red
10 000 000 000 tears
Only clear
10 000 000 000 faces
Only mirrors
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3.
Apple
No Apple
Red Apple
Green Apple
White night
Dark Star
Dance to the sound of one hand clapping
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4.
Sleep wake
Wake sleep
Men buddhas
Buddhas men
Tell me who are you
Show me your true face
Look at grass – Just green
No red no white no blue
Just green
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5.
Love now
Now love
Love now
Now love
What next?
Love Now!
What next?
Now Love!
What are these words if you wipe them clean?
Is the message long or short?
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6.
The water reflects the mountain
Rock falls in
The mountain crumbles
End of everything
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7.
New beginning
When did you stop?
Final stop
When did you begin?
The master’s nose
Is here
Where is the master?
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8.
Last word
Which word is last?
Is it last?
Or is it word?
You decide
But tell me
If someone else tells me before you do
Is his answer right or wrong?
Does the last word change?
Was change the last word?
Or was it word?
You decide
But
Who
Can
You
Tell
?
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9.
The breeze from my closed window
Is moving my curtains
Are they moving or not moving?
Is there a breeze or no breeze?
You cant know the answer
By looking here!
Look at the doggone curtains !
Has the dog gone or not gone?
You have to ask the owner
How do you find the owner
If there is no dog?
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10.
What are you looking at now?
This is your Original Face
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11.
10 million years
One lifetime
One day
An hour’s work
Something beautiful
Wiped away
Who will see it?
Millions of Buddhas
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12.
Dawn – accident?
Noon?
Evening?
10 000 000 stars
1 moon
Did you see any new star today?
|Will you see an old star tomorrow?
the star you see tomorrow
Has already blinded you
What time is it?
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13.
The second one tells the truth
One utters a lie
Two mirrors – black and white
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14.
You don’t know
Remember
Know or don’t know
Doesn’t matter
Know or don’t know
Big difference
You don’t know
How could you forget?
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15.
The stars do not shine maybe
Why do you believe
You can hide in your own shadow?
One ocean
Four seasons
Is the water hot or cold?
Go look
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16.
Ocean everywhere, mountains gone
Desert everywhere
Planet – speck of dust
Humanity – less than a firefly
Just a spark falling in the air
All around –
Night without day
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17.
All Buddhas
Only you
100 000 000 buddhas
No buddhas – your choice
God no god – your choice
Suffering no suffering – why?
In fall – cold wet
In summer – too hot
Winter – too bland
Spring is too short
Tomorrow
Is only a day away
But further a way
Than everything
Is here
Everything is now
Mind clear
Heart love