Shaking the Self

Last updated on: December 24, 2008 at 10:04 am by Dosho Port

As the year comes to an end, I’ve found myself reflecting on the year past and the year ahead. Late last night, I pulled

Awesome Nightfall off the shelf and began reading in earnest, surprised to find similar struggles in Saigyo. “Leaving the world” (as priest ordination is called), yet still very much pulled toward the world and by it. Here’s one poem.

Shaking the bell

on this mountain, am I loosened from

the world now?

Can I shake my self enough

to know what lies ahead for me?

– Saigyo

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