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P'ang Yun (Layman P'ang) China (740? - 808) Timeline Buddhist : Zen / Chan Poems by P'ang Yun (Layman P'ang) Books |
He did, however, reject wealth and worldly attachments as a snare. He was prosperous in his youth, but decided that he worried too much about his wealth, so he decided to get rid of it. Initially, he was going to give his wealth away, but then thought that whoever received his wealth would become as attached to it as he had. So, instead, he piled all his worldly goods on a boat, floated it out to the middle of a lake, and sank it.
After that, he, his wife, and their children lived a simple life, supporting themselves by making bamboo utensils.
Despite his subsequent poverty, he lived a rich life interacting regularly with many of the enlightened Buddhist masters of his era, and they honored him as belonging among them.
Poems by P'ang Yun (Layman P'ang)
- A ghost in the mirror is the mind
- My daily activity is not unusual
- No-greed surpasses charity
- Not willing to let go of grasping and rejecting
- The mind is like a reflection in a mirror
- The past is already past
- There is no I and there is no other
Recommended Books: P'ang Yun (Layman P'ang)
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