phrases to poems

Too lazy to be ambitious,

I let the world take care of itself,

Ten days’ worth of rice in my bag;

a bundle of twigs by the fireplace.

Why chatter about delusion and enlightenment?

Listening to the night rain on my roof,

I sit comfortably with both legs stretched out

– Ryōkan ( an eccentric Sōtō Zen Buddhist monk )

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