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[49] Just baby lions follow the parent (from The Shodoka)

by Yoka Genkaku (Yongjia Xuanjue)
(665 - 713) Timeline

English version by
Robert Aitken

Original Language
Chinese
Buddhist : Zen / Chan
Taoist
7th Century

Just baby lions follow the parent,
And three-year-olds already roar loudly.
How can the jackal pursue the king of the Dharma
Even with a hundred-thousand demonic arts?

 

 

 

Themes

  King
 
 
 
 


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