Ryōkan - Selected Teachings/Poetry for Meditation (3) - Zen Buddhism

Ryōkan Taigu (1758-1831) was a quiet and unconventional Sōtō Zen Buddhist monk who lived much of his life as a hermit. Ryōkan is remembered for his poetry and calligraphy, which present the essence of Zen life. He renounced the world at an early age to train at nearby Sōtō Zen temple Kōshō-ji, refusing to meet with or accept charity from his family.
These selected poems have been taken from various poetry website - many translated by John Stevens
Image/Art - "The Monk Poet Ryokan" by Catherine Jao
Music - Fred Mitchin - Zodiac -with thanks to Fred for his lovely and kind gift of music for this channel
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[@davidgreenman4564]

Hello Samaneri, could you do a 4th of ryokans poetry?

[@danielig100]

If Ryokan heard your wonderful reading, I think he would cry in gratitude. Thank you so much!

[@bebobalula]

I don't think he would. His happy mind would rather make him laugh and clap his hands. Later he would maybe write a poem, a haiku.

[@robvincent9281]

@@bebobalula One can only speculate _/|\_

[@Fintan33]

Oh how I love to rejoice in This wonderful recording. Thank you Ryokan and thank you Samaneri Jayasara and everyone and everything.

[@perry_123]

I see in the comments that we all have a special love for Ryokan.....His writing have a way of putting you there and the mood seems to create a longing of truth.....He is my favorite zen Buddhist monk.....Thankyou Samaneri for bringing Ryokon to life

[@margaretfarquhar9567]

The Healing Pine Tree opened its arms to me today and I sang the Lotus Sutra. There was a tear of sap glistening in the sunlight and I knew it heard me. Thank you🙏💜

[@richstureman4229]

Actually, Ryokan is my heart...💙deepest thanks🙏

[@richstureman4229]

Thank you so much...Ryokan is like a brother or father to me for decades🙏💙🌎

[@ROYISADOG]

Like cleansing one's face in a cool stream of mountain water.....Gassho to you. 😇

[@tomaswilliamson9685]

So wonderfully light. Namaste' to teachers and students . Namaste' to All.

[@anthonykearney3504]

💚🙏👣

[@margjones5889]

Sri Jaya-Ji 🙇🏼 Every day - I find my way to sit - with you - with the ones who love and learn with you - with the ones who teach, who thought, or shared a path to love through their fine mastery of words - I would not have found them on my own. To you, my friend my Guru - Vegetables de l’epoque Sending love from the cracks

[@mat.se57]

Buddha is Your mind And the Way goes Nowhere 🙏

[@basho345]

Thank you so much. ...and then there is Matsuo Basho :)

[@pe7146]

Thank you so much beautiful Samaneri for your generous kindness and Love.

[@stukarlin8964]

I was just thinking 🤔 of my old friend and here he is! Thanks again my dear friend ❤

[@garycox3841]

Precious beyond my words. Such a beautiful voice, youthful, yet mature, with wisdom, and knowing. Jayasara, you are a precious gift to the world, along with the teaching 🙏❤️

[@nicholasgrover2558]

🙏🏻

[@16antoinette]

Infinite thank you....infinite beatitude....infinite gratitude. Words, Music, Voice - Divine message

[@richstureman4229]

🙏💙🌎

[@o.j5526]

❤🙏😘

[@jannie6359]

This is nourishing for breakfast.

[@korej7531]

❤️

[@surayaji9950]

I would want to bring Ryokan back to the world after his Enlightenment. ❤

[@No1Particular]

Yes, I don't often write comments anymore but for Ryokan I must vote in agreement with all the rest here and say please do continue sprinkling us with his gems of poetry as you do. Thank you dearly 🙏💙🦅🦋🌲🍁🌿🐞🌷🌼

[@Baba7One]

Thank you ម៉ែ mother 🙏❤✌

[@DonBrilliard]

I love Ryokan and keep going back to his poetry. It's wonderful to hear it spoken by you. Would love to hear more.

[@beachcomberboz2902]

I was struck by the contrast between 8:15 ...I have only the tranquillity of this hermitage to offer... and 9:50 ... sparse rain in my desolate hermitage at night... To my mind _tranquillity_ is suffused with _fullness,_ an abundance of self-full personal connection with all of Creation, so, when a sense of desolation creeps in, when we start to seek confirmation from the cold stones of our hermitage, we need to recall that those stones were put there to shelter us, because Creation loves us and we are beautifully worthy of this love. Desolation cannot withstand the immanence of Love.

[@MrSA1829]

Goodness, this is the best reading yet! Blessings 🙏🏻

[@Steven-de4vw]

Haha yes she always does that (-;

[@Hermit_mouse]

If there was one person in history dead or alive that I could have saki with...

[@John.W81]

🫀

[@The44484448]

I sit on the sidewalk and see the humans lose their way.

[@ubergarm]

a gourd full of pine wind a lone hermit sits upright at night head of hair gently thatching her hut customs of monks and men long forgotten sutras and scrolls piled amongst books a warm spring breeze blows open ajar doors carrying with it the scent of all things a page flutters - an eye reads the word a mouth flaps open and close lips smack tongue clicks sinews stretch a buddha's pine wind never stops blowing

[@michaelmcclure3383]

Buddha is your Mind and the way goes nowhere. Not bad Haha

[@michaelmcclure3383]

@@harima36 yes yes