{"id":8151,"date":"2022-10-21T08:49:48","date_gmt":"2022-10-21T15:49:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.poetry-chaikhana.com\/blog\/?p=8151"},"modified":"2022-10-21T08:49:48","modified_gmt":"2022-10-21T15:49:48","slug":"wu-men-hui-kai-ten-thousand-flowers-in-spring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.poetry-chaikhana.com\/blog\/2022\/10\/21\/wu-men-hui-kai-ten-thousand-flowers-in-spring\/","title":{"rendered":"Wu Men Hui-k’ai – Ten thousand flowers in spring"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ten thousand flowers in spring, the moon in autumn
\nby Wu Men Hui-k\u2019ai<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

English version by Stephen Mitchell<\/font><\/p>\n

Ten thousand flowers in spring, the moon in autumn,
\na cool breeze in summer, snow in winter.
\nIf your mind isn\u2019t clouded by unnecessary things,
\nthis is the best season of your life.<\/em><\/p>\n

<\/a> \u2014 from The Enlightened Heart: An Anthology of Sacred Poetry<\/a>, by Stephen Mitchell<\/font><\/p>\n


\/ Image by Alice Popkorn<\/a> \/<\/em><\/font><\/p>\n

Since I haven\u2019t sent out an email for the past few weeks, I missed commenting on the lovely autumn moon recently. Did you step outside to look at it? <\/p>\n

Here in Oregon, the leaves are turning colors, the mornings are misty, the afternoons have a blue haze, and the autumn moon on a clear night gives a quiet glow to the land.<\/p>\n

The flowers say it, the moon, the breeze, the snow. Each time we pause to notice the living world around us it blesses us and says, May your mind be unclouded, and may every season be the best season of your life!<\/p>\n

A good meditation for us as we enter autumn.<\/p>\n

this is the best season of your life.<\/i><\/p>\n

Responses to Homelessness<\/b><\/p>\n

I received so many touching and profound responses to my email about interacting with our brothers and sisters who are living on the streets. Some of you spoke of the work you do with distributing food, others about your own personal experiences of homelessness. Your insights and various forms of service continue to inspire my own journey.<\/p>\n

I shared a couple of your letters, with permission, on the Poetry Chaikhana blog. Worth reading.
\nPeople Not Labels<\/a>
\nHomeless Son<\/a><\/p>\n


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<\/a>Recommended Books: Wu Men Hui-k\u2019ai<\/font><\/b><\/p>\n\n

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<\/a><\/td>\n<\/a><\/td>\n<\/a><\/td>\n<\/a><\/td>\n<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Enlightened Heart: An Anthology of Sacred Poetry<\/a><\/small><\/td>\nHaiku Enlightenment: New Expanded Edition<\/a><\/small><\/td>\nThe Gateless Gate: The Wu-men Kuan<\/a><\/small><\/td>\nThe Gateless Barrier: Zen Comments on the Mumonkan<\/a><\/small><\/td>\nThe World: A Gateway: Commentaries on the Mumonkan<\/a><\/small><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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China (1183 \u2013 1260) Timeline<\/a>
\nBuddhist<\/a> : Zen \/ Chan<\/a>
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There are two primary collections of koans in Zen\/Chan Buddhism: The Blue Cliff Records and The Gateless Gate (Wu Men Kuan or the Mumonkan). The Gateless Gate was first published in 1228 and consists of 48 koans compiled by Wu Men Hui-k\u2019ai with his commentary and poetic verse. <\/p>\n

Wu Men (also called Mumon) was head monk of the Lung-hsiang monastery in China.<\/p>\n

More poetry by Wu Men Hui-k\u2019ai<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ten thousand flowers in spring, the moon in autumn by Wu Men Hui-k\u2019ai English version by Stephen Mitchell Ten thousand flowers in spring, the moon in autumn, a cool breeze in summer, snow in winter. If your mind isn\u2019t clouded by unnecessary things, this is the best season of your life. \u2014 from The Enlightened […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,1],"tags":[1392,2494,1058,1059,2117,1056,1057],"class_list":["post-8151","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poetry","category-uncategorized","tag-autumn","tag-homelessness","tag-mumon","tag-mumonkan","tag-seasons","tag-wu-men","tag-wu-men-hui-kai"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.poetry-chaikhana.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8151","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.poetry-chaikhana.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.poetry-chaikhana.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.poetry-chaikhana.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.poetry-chaikhana.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8151"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.poetry-chaikhana.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8151\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8152,"href":"https:\/\/www.poetry-chaikhana.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8151\/revisions\/8152"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.poetry-chaikhana.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8151"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.poetry-chaikhana.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8151"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.poetry-chaikhana.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8151"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}