May 10^th, 2026

When one contemplates
Sickness, old age, and death,
One sees that no one and nothing
Can escape them.
When compassion is born
In the heart,
One sees that there is no reason
To add to the evil and pain.

What is this true meditation?
It is to make everything:
coughing, swallowing, waving the arms,
motion, stillness, words, actions,
the evil and the good, prosperity and shame,
gain and loss, right and wrong, into one single koan.