Return of Spring

　　When spring gathers,

　　Things start to grow.

　　When space is shattered,

　　We come into our own.

　　Never again get fooled

　　By what self and others seem to be.

　　The Dharma Realm may be huge,

　　But it all fits within you and me.

　　Verse for starting the 98-day Chan session

　　Buddhist Lecture Hall, San Francisco

　　October 15th 1970