Searching for the
Dharma
You've traveled up ten
thousand steps in search of the Dharma.
So many long days in the archives, copying, copying.
So many long days in the archives, copying, copying.
The gravity of the Tang and
the profundity of the Sung
make heavy baggage.
make heavy baggage.
Here! I've picked you a
bunch of wildflowers.
Their meaning is the same
but they're much easier to carry.
Their meaning is the same
but they're much easier to carry.
~ Xu Yun ~
(Empty Cloud: The Autobiography
of the Chinese Zen Master,
Trans. Charles Luck, ed. by Richard
Hunn)
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