When one knows no this shore, other shore, or both - such a one is free from anxiety, liberated...
Dhammapada 26.385
小野小町
Semimaru
Kore ya kono
Yuku mo kaeru mo
Wakarete wa
Shiru mo shiranu mo
Osaka no seki
Semimaru
Truly, this is where
Travelers who go or come
Over parting ways--
Friends or strangers--all must meet:
The gate of "Meeting Hill."
Dhammapada 26.385
花の色は
うつりにけりな
いたづらに
わが身世にふる
ながめせしまに
うつりにけりな
いたづらに
わが身世にふる
ながめせしまに
Semimaru
Kore ya kono
Yuku mo kaeru mo
Wakarete wa
Shiru mo shiranu mo
Osaka no seki
Truly, this is where
Travelers who go or come
Over parting ways--
Friends or strangers--all must meet:
The gate of "Meeting Hill."
