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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE POEMS OF COLD MOUNTAIN: 163, by HAN SHAN Poet's Biography
First Line: I have a single cave
Last Line: I have the primordial buddha
Alternate Author Name(s): Kanzan; Hanshan; Han-shan
Subject(s): Ascesticism; Buddhism; Caves; Chinese Literature; Buddha; Buddhists; Caverns
First Line: I have a single cave
Last Line: I have the primordial buddha
Alternate Author Name(s): Kanzan; Hanshan; Han-shan
Subject(s): Ascesticism; Buddhism; Caves; Chinese Literature; Buddha; Buddhists; Caverns
I have a single cave
a cave with nothing inside
spacious and devoid of dust
full of light that always shines
a meal of plants feeds a frail body
a cloth robe masks a mirage
let your thousand sages appear
I have the primordial buddha
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