Zen, Poetry and Death
by Dogo
At today's online sangha meeting, I gave a Dharma talk about jisei, Japanese death poems, particularly this tanka by Shimaki Akahiko:
Where did that dog that used to be here go? I thought about him once again tonight before I went to bed.
For more, read the book Japanese Death Poems, compiled by Yoel Hoffman.
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