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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE POEMS OF COLD MOUNTAIN: 237, by HAN SHAN Poet's Biography
First Line: They say when shakyamuni
Last Line: The mind is a tathagata's realm
Alternate Author Name(s): Kanzan; Hanshan; Han-shan
Subject(s): Buddhism; Chinese Literature; Buddha; Buddhists
First Line: They say when shakyamuni
Last Line: The mind is a tathagata's realm
Alternate Author Name(s): Kanzan; Hanshan; Han-shan
Subject(s): Buddhism; Chinese Literature; Buddha; Buddhists
They say when Shakyamuni
first heard Dipamkara's prophecy
Dipamkara and Shakyamuni
spoke only of past and future sages
past and future bodies didn't matter
how they differed didn't differ
for each and every buddha
the mind is a tathagata's realm
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