Meditation

House built of dawn, house built of evening light, house built of dark cloud, house built of rain, house built of thick fog, house built of fruiting pollen, house built of grasshoppers. Where the darkness of clouds veils the door, where the path leads to you on the rainbow, where the zigzag trail of lightning stands high above, O divinity!

Come to us in your dark cloud moccasins. Accompanied by thunder above you, come to us, rain clouds under your feet, the rainbow above you, come to us, surrounded by the flashing of lightning. I have prepared an offering for you, I offer you the smoke of my fire. Give strength to my feet, give strength to my legs. Rejuvenate my body, rejuvenate my spirit. Take the sickness from me, you took it from me, far from me you took it.

Zen Pilgrimage

With joy I feel my strength returning, my eyes are no longer cloudy, my head is clear, I can use my limbs again. You took the sickness from me. i can walk again May I roam without pain, may I roam happily. As it was formerly possible, may I wander. May joyfully wander under the rain cloud. I wander joyfully in the chilling rain.

Wander joyfully amid verdant plants. May I joyfully walk the path of life-giving pollen. I might walk with joy. As before, may I wander. Beauty be before me beauty be behind me beauty be beneath me beauty be upon me beauty be around me It is perfect in beauty.

Zen Meditation

Oh meditating, meditating! How is it so beautiful to roam through fields and forests, In the dawn ray on airy heights. To touch the edge of the clouds. Oh wandering, wandering! How presses so hard My heart the bitterest suffering. Ah, before I wander, it is valid beforehand To part from the dearest.