Great Throughts Treasury
This site is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Alan William Smolowe who gave birth to the creation of this database.
Ryushu Shutaku
Japanese Monk and Poet
"Mind set free in the Dharma-realm, I sit at the moon-filled window Watching the mountains with my ears, Hearing the stream with open eyes. Each molecule preaches perfect law, Each moment chants true sutra: The most fleeting thought is timeless, A single hair's enough to stir the sea."
"For all these years, my certain Zen: neither I nor the world exist. The sutras neat within the box, my staff hooked upon the wall, I lie at peace in moonlight. Or, hearing water plashing on the rock, sit up. None can purchase pleasure such as this: spangled across the step-moss, a million coins!"