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Emptiness is a long story

by Shih Shu
(1660? - 1740?) Timeline

English version by
James H. Sanford

Original Language
Chinese

Buddhist : Zen / Chan
17th Century

Emptiness is a long story
that swallows up heaven and earth
a splash of ink turns into two dragons
stray clouds become an azure dog

 

 

-- from The Clouds Should Know Me By Now: Buddhist Poet Monks of China, Edited by Red Pine

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Themes

  Snake
  Womb
 
 
 


Recommended Books


The Clouds Should Know Me By Now: Buddhist Poet Monks of China, Edited by Red Pine
A Drifting Boat: Chinese Zen Poetry, Edited by J. P. Seaton / Edited by Dennis Maloney
Sunflower Splendor: Three Thousand Years of Chinese Poetry, Edited by Wu-chi Liu / Edited by Irving Yucheng Lo

 

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