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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE POEMS OF COLD MOUNTAIN: 273, by HAN SHAN Poet's Biography First Line: Again I see those who leave home Last Line: They seek maitreya somewhere else Alternate Author Name(s): Kanzan; Hanshan; Han-shan Subject(s): Buddhism; Chinese Literature; Ignorance; Monks; Buddha; Buddhists; Dullness; Stupdity | |||
Again I see those who leave home both the able and the weak those of peerless conduct gods and spirits praise their virtue rulers share their seats nobles welcome and escort them fit to serve as fields of blessings they're protected by the world meanwhile those who lack all wisdom deal in lies and endless greed renowned for corruption bewitched by wealth and beauty wear the robes of blessedness still they farm for food and clothes give out loans with oxen interest don't act fair in what they do every day another crime their backsides are always sore still they can't imagine the endless pain of Hell until one day snared by illness they lie sick three long years although they have the buddha nature it's become the thief of darkness Homage to the Buddha they seek Maitreya somewhere else | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...BUFFALO CLOUDS OVER THE MAESTRO HOON by NORMAN DUBIE SIMPLE PHILO OF ALEXANDRIA by NORMAN DUBIE I'M WITH STUPID by PETER JOHNSON ELECTION DAY, 1984 by CAROLYN KIZER AN AMERICAN IN BANGKOK by KAREN SWENSON FESTOONS OF FISHES by ALFRED FRANCIS KREYMBORG TO A BLOCKHEAD by ALEXANDER POPE THE CASE OF SABRINA SIMPSON USCH by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS A BIT OF MULL by FREDERICK HENRY HERBERT ADLER THE POEMS OF BIG STICK: 1 by HAN SHAN |
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