In the silence

of sesshin

I sat Zazen

again and again

In the stillness even

thoughts no longer arose

no Zen poems, just silence

not a thought or word of prose

In the

silence of sesshin

These was

no more ‘me’

Just Beingness,

no body or mind

ever seen again

In the

silence of sesshin

Mind dissolves

all the phenomena

that has arisen

throughout the

vastness of the universe

of this sense of duality

In the

silence of sesshin

Realization occurs of

the Oneness of Reality

In the

silence of sesshin

the Essence of Samadhi

absolutely does begin

In the

silence of sesshin

One’s Mind

Awakens in Samadhi

According to Dogen:

The Buddha says:

“When you monks unify

your minds, the mind is

in samadhi. Since the mind

is in samadhi, you know the

characteristics of the creation

and destruction of the various

phenomena in the world”

In the

silence of sesshin

It was all Yaza

on day seven

Is this Reality or

just an insightful vision

Basho’s famous frog

appears to sit Zazen

In the

silence of sesshin