Hsu Yun: Searching for the Dharma

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Searching for the Dharma

Hsu Yun, Hsu Yun poetry, Buddhist, Buddhist poetry, Zen / Chan poetry, [TRADITION SUB2] poetry, poetry

by Hsu Yun
(1839 - 1959) Timeline

Original Language
Chinese

Buddhist : Zen / Chan

19th Century

You've traveled up ten thousand steps in search of the Dharma.
So many long days in the archives, copying, copying.
The gravity of the Tang and the profundity of the Sung
make heavy baggage.
Here! I've picked you a bunch of wildflowers.
Their meaning is the same
but they're much easier to carry.

/ Photo by teddy llovet /

Recommended Books

	A Drifting Boat: Chinese Zen Poetry, Edited by J. P. Seaton / Edited by Dennis Maloney
	Empty Cloud: The Autobiography of Chinese Zen Master, Hsu Yun, by Hsu Yun
	A Pictoral Biography of the Venerable Master Hsu Yun, by Hsuan Hua

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Commentary by Ivan M. Granger

Walking yesterday, the trees are shyly showing their green buds, returning color to the world. I turned a corner and was bathed in the honey scent of new plum blossoms. These are the true books of the Dharma.

The great masters don't wear an academic scowl; a silly grin sits easy on their face. Must be from so much study on such a Spring day...

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