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THE POEMS OF PICKUP: 2 by HAN SHAN

First Line: DOESN'T ANYONE SEE / THE TURMOIL IN THE THREE WORLDS
Last Line: NOTHING COMES OR GOES NEITHER BIRTH NOR DEATH
Subject(s): BUDDHISM; CHINESE LITERATURE; BUDDHA; BUDDHISTS;

Doesn't anyone see
the turmoil in the Three Worlds
is due to endless delusion
once thoughts stop the mind becomes clear
nothing comes or goes neither birth nor death



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