"If the mind is clear,
A dark room has its blue sky
If the mind is somber,
Broad daylight gives birth to demons and evil spirits
The just man has no mind to seek happiness,
Heaven therefore because of this mindlessness,
Opens its utmost heart
The bad man busies himself with avoiding misfortunes,
Heaven therefore confounds him for this desire
How unsearchable, are the ways of heaven
How useless, is the wisdom of man
The Tao is common property
It should be pointed out to all we meet
Learning is as ordinary as eating rice at home
According to the circumstances
It should be pointed out circumspectly
The ancients left rice for mice
And did not light lamps out of pity for moths
These thoughts of theirs are the operating point for humanity in life
Lacking this, a man is a mear earthman, a wooden body
The Zen sect says, when you are hungry eat
When you are weary sleep
Poetry aims at the description in common language in beautiful scenery
The sublime is contained in the ordinary,
The hardest
In the easiest
What is self concious and alterior
Is far from the Truth
What is mindless
Is Near" ~ Kojisai (1624)
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