From a talk given by Roshi in 1974 at Cimarron Zen Center in Los Angeles on the topic of beginning Zen practice (philosophy, not sitting instruction).
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Read moreWatching the moon
at dawn,
solitary, mid-sky,
I knew myself completely:
no part left out.
Poem by Izumi Shikibu (974-1034) from The Enlightened Heart, Stephen Mitchell (Ed.), Harper & Row ,1989.
No Part Left Out
Meditation on a poem by Izumi Shibuku about looking at the moon.