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Mon Jul 21 19:59:37 MDT 2008

life and death, both can be cast away.

Dan Lusthaus

----- Original Message ----- 
> In traditional Zen style, this is the death-bed stanza of the Venerable
> Sheng Yan:
>
>
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>
> My lousy translation:
>
> "In a carefree (pointless?) hustle, one grows old.
>  In emptiness, there is tears and laughter.
>  As it is, there is no self.
>  Both life and death can be abandoned."
>
> W.F. Wong
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheng-yen