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THE POEMS OF PICKUP: 8 by HAN SHAN

First Line: BUDDHAS LEAVE BEHIND SUTRAS
Last Line: THE DECEITS THEY HARBOR NIGHT AND DAY
Subject(s): BUDDHISM; CHANGE; CHINESE LITERATURE; DECEPTION; BUDDHA; BUDDHISTS;
Buddhas leave behind sutras
because people are hard to change
not just fools and scholars
everyone's mind is framed
their karma high as a mountain
they don't know enough to fear
much less to reconsider
the deceits they harbor night and day



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