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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE POEMS OF COLD MOUNTAIN: 286, by HAN SHAN Poet's Biography
First Line: I see people chanting sutras
Last Line: Knows there's no inside or out
Alternate Author Name(s): Kanzan; Hanshan; Han-shan
Subject(s): Buddhism; Chinese Literature; Ignorance; Buddha; Buddhists; Dullness; Stupdity
First Line: I see people chanting sutras
Last Line: Knows there's no inside or out
Alternate Author Name(s): Kanzan; Hanshan; Han-shan
Subject(s): Buddhism; Chinese Literature; Ignorance; Buddha; Buddhists; Dullness; Stupdity
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
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