Wu Men (Hui-k'ai): Ten thousand flowers in spring, the moon in autumn

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Ten thousand flowers in spring, the moon in autumn

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

English version by
Stephen Mitchell

Original Language
Chinese

Buddhist : Zen / Chan

13th Century

Ten thousand flowers in spring, the moon in autumn,
a cool breeze in summer, snow in winter.
If your mind isn't clouded by unnecessary things,
this is the best season of your life.

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

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/ Photo by Richard Cocks /

Themes

Garden

Lotus

Moon

Rose

Snow

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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Commentary by Ivan M. Granger

The flowers say it, the moon, the breeze, the snow. Each time we pause to notice the living world around us it blesses us and says--- May your mind be unclouded, and may every season be the best season of your life!

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