Wu Men (Hui-k'ai): Moon and clouds are the same;

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Moon and clouds are the same;

by Wu Men (Hui-k'ai)
(1183 - 1260) Timeline

English version by
Stephen Mitchell

Original Language
Chinese

Buddhist : Zen / Chan

13th Century

Moon and clouds are the same;
mountain and valley are different.
All are blessed; all are blessed.
Is this one? Is this two?

-- from The Enlightened Heart: An Anthology of Sacred Poetry, by Stephen Mitchell

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Themes

Moon

Mountain

Recommended Books

	The Enlightened Heart: An Anthology of Sacred Poetry, by Stephen Mitchell
	The Gateless Barrier: Zen Comments on the Mumonkan, Translated by Zenkei Shibayama
	The Gateless Gate: The Wu-men Kuan, Translated by Robert Aitken
	The World: A Gateway: Commentaries on the Mumonkan, Translated by Albert Low

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