Friday Night Poetry Slam

Theme: Wumenguan Case 35 -- Seijo's Soul Separated

Goso said to his monks, "Seijõ's soul separated from her being. Which was the real Seijõ?"

Mumon's Comment

When you realize what the real is, you will see that we pass from one husk to another like travelers stopping for a night's lodging.

But if you do not realize it yet, I earnestly advise you not to rush about wildly.

When earth, water, fire, and air suddenly separate, you will be like a crab struggling in boiling water with its seven or eight arms and legs.

When that happens, don't say I didn't warn you!

Mumon's Verse

The moon above the clouds is ever the same;

Valleys and mountains are separate from each other.

All are blessed, all are blessed;

Are they one or are they two?

PB's Verse

Leaving home with a paper moon

Don’t even stop for the night.

Grandma said: “Don't ever look back.

That ghost may change her haunt.”

Submitted May 08, 2021 at 03:20AM by PaladinBen https://ift.tt/3nUwnkk