Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Perfect This Moment


In the stillness by the empty window
I sit in formal meditation wearing my monk's surplice.
Navel and nose in alignment,
Ears parallel with the shoulders.
Moonlight folds the room;
The rain stops but the eaves drip and drip.
Perfect this moment--
In the vast emptiness, my understanding deepens.

---Ryokan---

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