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Cold Mountain

dawnmike_239dawnmike_239
edited March 2006 in Buddhism Basics
Hi all! I have been searching for poems by Han-Shan online. Mostly I have only found bits and pieces here and there. Does anyone know of a site with a good compalation of poems by Han-Shan?

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  • zenmonk_genryuzenmonk_genryu
    edited March 2006
    Cold Mountain - one of my all time favorite books that. You have excellent taste. Interestingly enough I recently succumbed to temptation and bought two hanging scroll grotesque characatures of Han Shan and Shi Te - the guffawing fools, scribblers of poems on rocks. Han Shan and Shi-Te.
    http://bureido.web.infoseek.co.jp/kakejiku6600/DSCF0510.JPG
    I climb the road to Cold Mountain,
    The road to Cold Mountain that never ends.
    The valleys are long and strewn with stones;
    The streams broad and filled with thick grass.
    Moss is slippery though no rain has fallen;
    Pines sigh but it isn't the wind.
    Who can break from the snares of the world
    And sit with me among the white clouds?

    These sites may be of use:

    Cold Mountain - Selected Poems

    Cold Mountain Buddhas
  • dawnmike_239dawnmike_239
    edited March 2006
    Thanks so much! I am new to Han-Shan however I find waking truth in his words! Thanks for the links again! Zm, do you ever write poems like this?
  • zenmonk_genryuzenmonk_genryu
    edited March 2006
    I write somewhat mediocre poetry(in my opinion), so whether it's like this would be for others to judge.
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