Hsu Yun: This is an exquisite truth:

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This is an exquisite truth:

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

This is an exquisite truth:
Saints and ordinary folks are the same from the start.
Inquiring about a difference
Is like asking to borrow string
when you've got a good strong rope.
Every Dharma is known in the heart.
After a rain, the mountain colors intensify.
Once you become familiar with the design of fate's illusions
Your ink-well will contain all of life and death.

Themes

Death

Heart

Mountain

Water

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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