Poem – Clear Way Zen https://www.clearwayzen.ca Rinzai Zen Buddhist Sangha Thu, 13 Feb 2025 12:57:04 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://www.clearwayzen.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/cropped-site-icon-32x32.png Poem – Clear Way Zen https://www.clearwayzen.ca 32 32 Poem: Zen Contradictions https://www.clearwayzen.ca/zen-contradictions/ Sat, 28 Dec 2024 20:26:22 +0000 https://www.clearwayzen.ca/?p=641 The floating clouds never contradict the sky.
The reaching flowers never contradict the sun.
The bird’s song is the perfect teaching.
Only in our minds do we confuse the nature of things.

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