Site of Tiger Creek before East Forest Temple, Lushan

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Tiger Creek Laughter

Sengai Gibbon 1750-1837 Why do we laugh         on the stone bridge Clouds can't be trapped Vanish unshackeled          over stone bridge                 before Donglin Temple.

Hǔxī Xiào

Translator:

Dongbo 東波

Notes: There is a wonderful Zen (Chan) story about the laughter at Tiger Creek, in front of the East Forest Temple at the foot of Lushan, Jiangxi Province in China.

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