What a great thread! A treasure chest no less, full of wonders. Let's wonder some more:
Wild geese go like leaves down the sky.
How should that be easy
for the traveler to hear?
A thousand mountains,
ten thousand streams,
where can we meet again?
Our faces won’t last like jade.
Life’s more like clouds.
If your way takes you
to the temple
of the Third Patriarch of Zen,
make us all one:
lay an offering by the grave.
- Anon
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
A falcon hovers at the edge of the sky.
Two gulls drift slowly up the river.
Vulnerable while they ride the wind,
they coast and glide with ease.
Dew is heavy on the grass below,
the spider's web is ready.
Heaven's ways include the human:
among a thousand sorrows, I stand alone.
- Du Fu
To learn how to die,
watch cherry blossoms, observe
chrysanthemums.
- Anon
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