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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE POEMS OF COLD MOUNTAIN: 257, by HAN SHAN Poet's Biography
First Line: The five peaks turn to dust
Last Line: Be sure not to tie the ten knots
Alternate Author Name(s): Kanzan; Hanshan; Han-shan
Subject(s): Buddhism; Chinese Literature; Nature; Buddha; Buddhists
First Line: The five peaks turn to dust
Last Line: Be sure not to tie the ten knots
Alternate Author Name(s): Kanzan; Hanshan; Han-shan
Subject(s): Buddhism; Chinese Literature; Nature; Buddha; Buddhists
The Five Peaks turn to dust
Sumeru becomes an inch-high hill
the ocean a drop of water
sucked into the field of the mind
where a bodhi seed sprouts and grows
the all-embracing god among gods
all you friends of the Way
be sure not to tie the Ten Knots
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