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Feelings on Remembering the Day I first Produced the Mind
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by Hsu Yun
(1839 - 1959) Timeline
English version by Paul Hansen
Original Language Chinese
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Drawn some sixty years ago by karma I turned life upside down And climbed straight on to lofty summits. Between my eyes a hanging sword, The Triple World is pure. Empty-handed, I hold a hoe, clearing a galaxy.
As the 'Ocean of the Knowing-mind' dries up, Pearls shine forth by themselves; Space smashed to dust, a moon hangs independent. I threw my net through Heaven, Caught the dragon and the phoenix; Alone I walk through the cosmos, Connecting the past and its people.
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