Song of the Grass-Roof Hermitage - Shitou Xiqian - Sekito Kisen - Zen Buddhism

Shitou Xiqian – known as Sekito Kisen in Japanese – was an 8th
century Chinese monk, a student of Huineng and Huineng’s
successor, Qingyuan Xingsi (Seigen Gyoshi). He is credited with
writing two of the most famous Zen poems in China – the Sandokai
and this, the Song of the Grass Roof Hermitage. The beauty of
this poem lies in its humanity and its emphasis on the simplicity
of practice – the grass roof hermitage is not a grand temple
building inhabited by clergy, but a small, modest dwelling that
could be constructed by anyone, and meditation itself is a matter
of turning the light around to shine within and just returning.


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