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Inscribed on the Wall of the Hut by the Lake

by Chiao Jan
(730 - 799) Timeline

English version by
J. P. Seaton

Original Language
Chinese
Buddhist : Zen / Chan
8th Century

If you want to be a mountain dweller...
no need to trek to India to find a mountain...
I've got a thousand peaks
to pick from, right here in this lake.
Fragrant grasses, white clouds,
to hold me here.
What holds you there,
world-dweller?

 

 

-- from The Shambhala Anthology of Chinese Poetry, Edited by J. P. Seaton

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Themes

  Mountain
  Water
 
 
 


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