Climbing to worship at Horai-ji.
the holy mountain deep in silence dripping — truly real, not false
oyama shinshin shizuku suru shinjitsu fuko
1939–1940 · Matsuyama, Issō-an hermitage
Sōmokutō · The Crow (Karasu)
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Headed "climbing to worship at Horai-ji." The mountain is deep in silence, and from the trees drops fall. Shinjitsu fuko ("truly real, not false") is a phrase from the Heart Sutra. The very stillness of the mountain stands there as unfeigned truth.