You need not leave your room

zendreams — Sat, 12 Mar 2011 00:00:19 +0000

“You need not leave your room.
Remain sitting at your table and listen.
You need not even listen, simply wait.
You need not even wait, just learn to become quiet,
and still, and solitary.
The world will freely offer itself to you to be unmasked.
It has no choice; it will roll in ecstasy at your feet.”

- Franz Kafka

No one behind, no one ahead

zendreams — Sat, 05 Mar 2011 03:14:10 +0000

“No one behind, no one ahead.
The path the ancients cleared has closed.
And the other path, everyone’s path,
Easy and wide, goes nowhere.
I am alone and find my way.”

- Ancient Sanskrit verse adapted by Octavio Paz

No one behind, no one ahead.
The path the ancients cleared has closed.
And the other path, everyone’s path,
Easy and wide, goes nowhere.
I am alone and find my way.”

—	Ancient Sanskrit verse adapted by Octavio Paz

Zen Dreams

You need not leave your room

No one behind, no one ahead