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First Line: Keeping your mind wide-open
Last Line: They expect wealth and fame
Alternate Author Name(s): Kanzan; Hanshan; Han-shan
Subject(s): Chinese Literature; Generosity; Kindness; Virtue


Keeping your mind wide-open
is what we call generosity
stopping your kindness to others
is what benevolence means
people now don't know
what to make of such teachings
before they're done feeding a monk
they expect wealth and fame





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