Han-shan (Cold Mountain): Sitting alone in peace before these cliffs

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Sitting alone in peace before these cliffs

Han-shan (Cold Mountain), Han-shan (Cold Mountain) poetry, Buddhist, Buddhist poetry, Zen / Chan poetry, [TRADITION SUB2] poetry, Taoist poetry

by Han-shan (Cold Mountain)
(730? - 850?) Timeline

English version by
Arthur Tobias, James Sanford and J.P. Seaton

Original Language
Chinese

Buddhist : Zen / Chan

Taoist

8th Century

Sitting alone in peace before these cliffs
the full moon is heaven's beacon
the ten thousand things are all reflections
the moon originally has no light
wide open the spirit of itself is pure
hold fast to the void realize its subtle mystery
look at the moon like this
this moon that is the heart's pivot

-- from The View From Cold Mountain, Translated by J. P. Seaton / Translated by Arthur Tobias

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Themes

Light

Moon

Womb

Recommended Books

	The Collected Songs of Cold Mountain, Translated by Red Pine
	A Drifting Boat: Chinese Zen Poetry, Edited by J. P. Seaton / Edited by Dennis Maloney
	The Enlightened Heart: An Anthology of Sacred Poetry, by Stephen Mitchell
	The Poetry of Zen: (Shambhala Library), Edited by Sam Hamill / Edited by J. P. Seaton
	Riprap and Cold Mountain Poems, by Gary Snyder

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