Sublime

damyata datta dayadhvam, “Be self-controlled, give, be compassionate.” This passage, boiled down as it is to three potent syllables, da – da – da, caught the imagination of T. S. Eliot; more to the point, it has helped countless seekers down the ages to orient their lives to the supreme goal.

This body lasts about as long as a bubble may as well let it go things don’t often go as we wish who can step back doesn’t worry we blossom and fade like flowers we gather and part like clouds I stopped thinking about the world a long time ago relaxing all day in a teetering hut

The book was entitled Three Pillars of Zen, by Philip Kapleau.

With his Zen sense of restraint he pushed the focus of the tea ceremony away from ostentatious shows of wealth and toward the spiritual communion of two or more people who, in a state of calm and controlled abandon, could meditate on the beauty and transience of life. Although Sen no Rikyu is often credited with being the father of the tea ceremony

En un siècle, le Japon a produit cinq grands poètes : Basho (1644-1694), Issa (1763-1828), Buson (1716-1783), Shiki (1867-1902), si l’on compte Taïgi (1709-1771) qui me laisse un peu froid. Sauf son poème sur l’été. « Averse d’été Un son brusque et fort Au-dessus de la forêt.