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Buddhist : Zen / Chan
13th Century

About Wu Men (Hui-k'ai)

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English version by
Stephen Mitchell

Original Language
Chinese
Ten thousand flowers in spring, the moon in autumn,

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

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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