A Smile
by Ko UnEnglish version by Brother Anthony of Taize
Original Language Korean
Shakyamuni held up a lotus
so Kashyapa smiled.
Not at all.
The lotus smiled
so Kashyapa smiled.
Nowhere was Shakyamuni!
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