Composed on the conception of the essential nature of things.
神といひ仏といふも世中の人の心のほかのものかは
kami to ii hotoke to iu mo yo no naka no hito no kokoro no hoka no mono ka wa What we call God, and
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A poem on how Mahāyāna[i] develops the viewpoint of the Middle Way.[ii]
世の中はかがみにうつるかげにあれやあるにもあらずなきにもあらず
yo no naka wa kagami ni utsuru kage ni are ya aru ni mo arazu naki ni mo arazu Is this mundane world
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[i] Mahāyāna (the ‘Great Vehicle’) (Jp.: daijō 大乗) is the largest major tradition of Buddhism.
[ii] The ‘Middle Way’ (Madhyamāpratipada ) (Jp.: chūdō 中道) refers to a spiritual practice of Buddhism that steers clear of both extreme asceticism and sensual indulgence.
A poem on accumulated sins.
ほのほのみ虚空にみてる阿鼻地獄ゆくへもなしといふもはかなし
honō nomi kokū ni miteru abijigoku yukue mo nashi to iu mo hakanashi Flames alone
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A poem of penitence.
塔をくみ堂をつくるも人のなげき懺悔にまさるくどくやはある
tō o kumi dō o tsukuru mo hito no nageki sange ni masaru kudoku ya wa aru Building stupa and
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A poem pleading for the Buddha’s blessing.
大日の種子よりいでてさまや形さまやぎやう又尊形となる
dainichi no shushi yori idete samayagyō samayagyō mata songyō to naru Mahāvairocana is
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おとにきく人に心をつくばねのみねどこひしききみにもあるかな
oto ni kiku By word, alone,
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あふことを松にて年のへぬるかな身は住の江におひぬものゆゑ
aFu koto wo For a meeting I have
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なげきあまりつひに色にぞいでぬべきいはぬを人のしらばこそあらめ
nageki amari My grief so great that
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Sent to a woman’s residence at the beginning.
しのぶるも誰ゆゑならぬ物なれば今は何かは君にへだてむ
sinoburu mo Keeping my longing secret—
Taira no Kinmasa
From a poetry match during the reign of the Tenryaku Emperor.
こひすてふわがなはまだきたちにけり人しれずこそ思ひそめしか
koisu teFu That I love her has
Mibu no Tadami
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