[Buddha-l] It's spring--time for poems

[Stanley J. Ziobro II]

On Mon, 23 May 2005, jkirk wrote:

> Searching For The Dharma - A Poem by Hsu Yun
>       You've traveled up ten thousand steps in search of the Dharma.
>
>       So many long days in the archives, copying, copying.
>
>       The gravity of the Tang and the profundity of the Sung make heavy
> baggage.
>
>       Here! I've picked you a bunch of wildflowers.
>
>       Their meaning is the same
>
>       but they're much easier to carry.


A poem by Buson (Yosa):

This world of dew

Is passing away

As a world of dew