I feel that the poem Regarding Wave it has a very real Buddhist mind-set. I feel that the first stanza where Synder talks about the voice of the Dharma, he says the word "now". That is a very good mind-set taught by the Zen Masters. The mind-set is to live in the moment and not to think of the past or the future but only what is right in front of you right now. If you take the time to look at the poem itself the poem forms a wave. Not a usual up and down wave, but a wave with huge lumps, meaning I feel that Snyder has his eyes fully open in the words of a Zen Master. He is very aware of what is going on right now and not worrying about anything besides his life and everything else around him.
For my quote I chose a quote written by Edgar Allan Poe and it states;
"The boundaries which divide life from death
are at best shadowy and vague.
Who shall say where one ends,
and the other begins?"
I like this quote because it helps me understand that life is life and there is no other way to experience it. I can see life in many different ways, but in the end it all ends up being the same and exact thing no matter what I do and where I go with it life will end up the same.
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