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chén

chāo
shī
yuàn
dú
chán
jīng


Reading buddhist classics with Zhao in the morning


jǐng
shù
hán
chǐ
齿

qīng
xīn
fú
chén
fú


xián
chí
bèi
yè
shū

bù
chū
dōng
zhāi
dú


zhēn
yuán
le
wú
qǔ

wàng

shì
suǒ
zhú



yán

kě
míng

shàn
xìng
hé
yóu
shóu


dào
rén
tíng
yǔ
jìng

tái
sè
lián
shēn
zhú



chū
wù
lù
yú

qīng
sōng
rú
gāo
mù


dàn
rán

yán
shuō

wù
yuè
xīn

zú

I clean my teeth in water drawn from a cold well;

And while I brush my clothes, I purify my mind;

then, slowly turning pages in the Tree-Leaf Book,

I recite, along the path to the eastern shelter.

...the world has forgotten the true fountain of this teaching

And people enslave themselves to miracles and fables.

Under the given words I want the essential meaning,

I look for the simplest way to sow and reap my nature.

Here in the quiet of the priest's templecourtyard,

Mosses add their climbing colour to the thick bamboo;

And now comes the sun, out of mist and fog,

And pines that seem to be new-bathed;

And everything is gone from me, speech goes, and reading,

Leaving the single unison.

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