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My mind is like a jade jar of ice

by Wu Cailan
(9th Century) Timeline

English version by
Thomas Cleary

Original Language
Chinese
Taoist
9th Century

My mind is like a jade jar of ice,
Never invaded by even half a mote of dust.
Though the jade jar be obscured without,
I pay no mind at all --
On the terrace of Immortals,
I climb straight to the highest level.

 

 

-- from Immortal Sisters: Secret Teachings of Taoist Women, Edited by Thomas Cleary

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Immortal Sisters: Secret Teachings of Taoist Women, Edited by Thomas Cleary
The Shambhala Anthology of Women's Spiritual Poetry, Edited by Aliki Barnstone

 

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