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THE POEMS OF COLD MOUNTAIN: 257 by HAN SHAN

First Line: THE FIVE PEAKS TURN TO DUST
Last Line: BE SURE NOT TO TIE THE TEN KNOTS
Subject(s): BUDDHISM; CHINESE LITERATURE; NATURE; BUDDHA; BUDDHISTS;
The Five Peaks turn to dust
Sumeru becomes an inch-high hill
the ocean a drop of water
sucked into the field of the mind
where a bodhi seed sprouts and grows
the all-embracing god among gods
all you friends of the Way
be sure not to tie the Ten Knots



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