Written on the Wall at West Forest Temple

02/12/2010 · 0 comments

in moments


From the side, an entire range;
from the end a single peak;
far, near, high, low,
no two parts alike.

The true face of the mountain
I cannot comprehend –
gazing upon it,
I myself am in the mountain.

[Su Tung-p'o (1084) adapted from translations by Burton Watson and Beata Grant]




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