Verses of Daichi

Below are my English translations of the verses by Zen Master Daichi. Those marked with an asterisk include commentary by Kōdō Sawaki.

INTRODUCTION, By Tokugen Sakai

1. The Birth of the Buddha

2. The Buddha’s Attaining the Way (I)*

3. The Buddha’s Attaining the Way (II)*

4. The Buddha’s Attaining the Way (III)*

5. The Buddha’s Final Nirvana

6. Śākyamuni Descending from the Mountains

7. Bodhidharma

8. Fish-Basket Guanyin

9. The Venerable Nakula of Mount Yandang

10. Budai

11. The Pine-Planting Sage

12. The Kōan of “Not Falling, Not Ignoring”

13. Baizhang’s Wild Fox

14. The Arhat Needs No Borrowing

15. Mind Is Buddha

16. Neither Mind Nor Buddha

17. The Buddha Holding Up a Flower

18. The Holy Truth Knows No Ranks

19. The Insentient Preach the Dharma (I)

20. The Insentient Preach the Dharma (II)

21. Zhaozhou’s Dog

22. Yunyan Playing with the Lion

33. Reading Master Eihei’s “Admonitions on Seated Meditation”

43. Visiting the White Lotus Hermitage in Goryeo

48. The Hall Where All Are Received Alike

49. The Isle of Dai

50. Watching Flowers on Mount Washino

51. Distant View of Kasatsu (I)

52. Distant View of Kasatsu (II)

53. After the Snowfall, Climbing the Hira Mountains

54. At Suigetsu-an (I)

55. At Suigetsu-an (II)

56. The Hermitage of Reeds and Moon (I)

57. The Hermitage of Reeds and Moon (II)

58. Mount Fuji

61. Receiving All Without Distinction

66. Dedicated to Master Keizan (I)

75. To a Person of the Way

76. Meeting Friends of the Path

77. To the Hermit Hongzong

79. To Someone (I)

80. To Someone (II)

81. The Ancestors’ Court

82. Moon Pavilion

83. The Great Void*

84. Jade Creek

85. Winding River

86. Moon Pavilion

87. Moon Mind*

89. Clouds and Mountains

100. A Withered Tree*

105. There Is No Zen*

140. Living on Mount Hōgi (I)*

141. Living on Mount Hōgi (II)*

142. Living on Mount Hōgi (III)*

143. Living on Mount Hōgi (IV)*

144. Living on Mount Hōgi (V)*

145. Living on Mount Hōgi (VI)*

146. Living on Mount Hōgi (VII)*

150. Due To Certain Affairs (III)*

167. Hearing the Bamboo*

225. An Almsbowl

226. Incense Box