I see people chanting sutras relying on the words of others mouths at work without their minds mouths and minds at odds the mind in truth contains no tangles it creates no walls or chains just examine your own self don't look for a stand-in he who masters his own mouth knows there's no inside or out | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TO A SNOWFLAKE by FRANCIS THOMPSON OUT FROM BEHIND THIS MASK by WALT WHITMAN THE MERCHANT OF VENICE; A LEGEND OF ITALY by RICHARD HARRIS BARHAM JESUS - THE CONQUEROR RENOWNED by BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUX |