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Big Buddha in 棲霞寺 on Sheshan, Nanjing
A Record of My Trip to Mount She
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Yuan Hongdao 1568-1610
Yellow leaves
spiral down through the air;
waterfall spray
flies into raindrops.
Patches of moss
darken Buddha's face;
the stones here have been brushed
by the robes of a god.
The monks are tranquil,
though their kitchen has few vegetables;
the mountain, cold
not many sparrows in the flock.
Of themselves
my worries all disappear;
I do not have to try to forget the world.
Height after height
of strange mountain scenes,
new words
new ideas in our conversation.
Wild pines blow in the wind
like hanging manes;
the ancient rocks
are covered with mottled scales.
I enter the temple
seek the dream realm of the monks,
thumb trough sutras
feel the dustiness
of this traveler's life.
You, the Zen master
I, a lover of wine--
we are brothers
way beyond
the people of the world.
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Shèshān jìyóu
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Yuán Hónɡdào 1568-1610
Huánɡyè xuán kōnɡ xià,
Qīnɡquán zuò yǔ fēi.
Táimáo qīnɡ fó miàn,
Shísè lǎo tiān yī.
Sēnɡ jìnɡ chúshū shǎo,
Shān hán yěquè xī.
Zìrán xiāo wàn lǜ,
Bú shì xué wànɡ jī.
Shān sè chónɡchónɡ ɡuài,
Gāotán shìshì xīn.
Huānɡsōnɡ chuī lǎo liè,
Gǔshí chánɡ bānlín.
Rùshì xún sēnɡmènɡ,
Fānjīnɡ wù kè chén.
Chánxiōnɡ jiān jiǔdì,
ào shā shìjiān rén.
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Notes: Sheshan is a small mountain-hill in Nanjing.
From Jonathan Chaves's book Pilgrim of the Clouds, Yuan Hung-tao, John Weatherhill, Inc. 1978
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