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Tag Archives: Chiao Jan

Inscribed on the Wall of the Hut by the Lake

Posted on October 23, 2015 by colinmathers
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If you want to be a mountain-dweller . . .
no need to trek to India to find one.
I have a thousand peaks
to pick right here on the lake.
Fragrant grasses and white clouds
hold me here.
What holds you there,
world-dweller?

Chiao Jan (730–799)
The Poetry of Zen, translated & edited by Sam Hamill and J.P. Seaton, page 47

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