Po Chu-i: Staying at Bamboo Lodge

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Staying at Bamboo Lodge

by Po Chu-i
(772 - 846) Timeline

English version by
James M. Cryer

Original Language
Chinese

Buddhist : Zen / Chan

9th Century

an evening sitting under
          the eaves of the pines
at night sleeping
          in Bamboo Lodge
the sky so clear you'd say
          it was drugs
meditation so deep, thought
          I'd gone home to the hills
                    but Clever can't beat
                    Stupid
                    and Quick won't match
                    Quiet
Untoiling-ness!
          (you just can't pave the Way)
that's it!
          the Gate of Mystery!

-- from A Drifting Boat: Chinese Zen Poetry, Edited by J. P. Seaton / Edited by Dennis Maloney

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Themes

Mountain

Night

Silence

Sky

Recommended Books

	A Drifting Boat: Chinese Zen Poetry, Edited by J. P. Seaton / Edited by Dennis Maloney
	The Poetry of Zen: (Shambhala Library), Edited by Sam Hamill / Edited by J. P. Seaton

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