Wednesday, October 11, 2023

Bound for home

But do not ask me where I am going,
As I travel in this limitless world,
Where every step I take is my home.

The Zen Poetry of Dōgen: Verses from the Mountain of Eternal Peace
translated by Steven Heine
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