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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE POEMS OF COLD MOUNTAIN: 142, by HAN SHAN Poet's Biography
First Line: People think the body's their root
Last Line: You'll make bodhisattvas sick
Alternate Author Name(s): Kanzan; Hanshan; Han-shan
Subject(s): Bodies; Buddhism; Chinese Literature; Reason; Buddha; Buddhists; Intellect; Rationalism; Brain; Mind; Intellectuals
First Line: People think the body's their root
Last Line: You'll make bodhisattvas sick
Alternate Author Name(s): Kanzan; Hanshan; Han-shan
Subject(s): Bodies; Buddhism; Chinese Literature; Reason; Buddha; Buddhists; Intellect; Rationalism; Brain; Mind; Intellectuals
People think the body's their root
and the mind they think is its stem
the mind mustn't stray from the root
when it does the root's life ends
still unable to avoid this fate
don't be too lazy to look in the mirror
unless you read the Diamond Sutra
you'll make bodhisattvas sick
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