Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE POEMS OF COLD MOUNTAIN: 155, by HAN SHAN Poet's Biography First Line: For the hundred years of human life Last Line: Listen to the lion's roar Alternate Author Name(s): Kanzan; Hanshan; Han-shan Subject(s): Anger; Buddhism; Chinese Literature; Compassion; Buddha; Buddhists | ||||||||
For the hundred years of human life the Buddha preached a twelvefold canon but compassion is like a wild deer and anger is like the family dog you can't drive the dog away the deer meanwhile prefers to run to tame your monkey mind listen to the lion's roar | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...DEATH SUNYATA CHANT: A RITE FOR PASSING OVER by DIANE DI PRIMA I FAIL AS A DHARMA TEACHER by DIANE DI PRIMA TO THE UNNAMED BUDDHIST NUN WHO BURNED HERSELF TO DEATH by DIANE DI PRIMA A FIFTEENTH CENTURY ZEN MASTER by NORMAN DUBIE GHOSTS ON THE NORTHERN LAND OF UR; CIRCA 2100 C.E. by NORMAN DUBIE POEM FOR MY FRIEND, CLARE. OR, WITH WHITE STUPAS WE REMEMBER BUDDHA by NORMAN DUBIE LADAKH BUDDHESS BIKER by LAWRENCE FERLINGHETTI FURTHER ADVANTAGES OF LEARNING by KENNETH REXROTH THE POEMS OF BIG STICK: 1 by HAN SHAN |
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