Poets Corner

"The last resort is the Infinite itself - Amida." [From The Great Natural Way (1976, p.131) by Ven. Hozen Seki.]

When is life alive?
When is death dead?
The empty moment vaulting
All under one roof

Accomodation so starkly free
On holiday's nowhere going
Shelter but solitary shedding
Desire regretting no more

Nothing left to gain
Nothing left to lose
Hope and fear averted
Pastime of time surpassed

Now here I live
Just so I die
All this as is
Na man da bu

Where is waywardness home?
Where is hell spent?
Within the Word's saying
Recreation elsewhere no more

Paths there beat us
Vacation hitting the spot
About our weary extremities
Advertising the last resort