“Happy are those who know,” by Rainer Maria Rilke, translated by Jane Hirshfield © 1988 Jane Hirshfield, used by permission of Jane Hirshfield. First appeared in Beneath a Single Moon: Buddhism in Contemporary American Poetry, edited by Kent Johnson. Boston: Shambhala Publications, 1991.
“Friend” by Kabir, translated by Robert Bly. From The Kabir Book, edited by Robert Bly. Boston: Beacon Press, 1977. Reprinted with permission, Beacon Press, Boston.
Li Po, “Zazen on Ching-t’ing Mountain,” from Crossing the Yellow River: Three Hundred Poems from the Chinese, translated by Sam Hamill. Copyright © 2000 Sam Hamill. Reprinted with the permission of BOA Editions, Ltd.