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To Enter The Way

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A monk said to to the teacher Hsuan-sha, "Please show me where to enter the way."
"Do you hear the sound of the valley stream?" Asked Hsuan-sha.
"Yes," said the monk.
"Enter there!"

Hsuan-sha

This site is designed to help others understand some interests and some of the readings I have encountered while studying Buddhist literature and the Chan (Chinese) and Zen (Japanese) monks.  Many readings are from "The Roaring Stream" A New Zen Reader edited by Nelson Foster and Jack Shoemaker and Published by The Ecco Press 100 West Broad Street Hopewell, N J. 08525 ISBN 0-88001-511-x.

A Southern Beauty

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Sailing to Weather

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We all encounter rough weather at times



 
それらのために私達は愛する
Ore wa Kimi no Tame ni Koso Shini ni Iku
 
"For those we love"