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THE POEMS OF COLD MOUNTAIN: 142 by HAN SHAN

First Line: PEOPLE THINK THE BODY'S THEIR ROOT
Last Line: YOU'LL MAKE BODHISATTVAS SICK
Subject(s): BODIES; BUDDHISM; CHINESE LITERATURE; REASON; BUDDHA; BUDDHISTS; INTELLECT; RATIONALISM; BRAIN; MIND; INTELLECTUALS;

People think the body's their root
and the mind they think is its stem
the mind mustn't stray from the root
when it does the root's life ends
still unable to avoid this fate
don't be too lazy to look in the mirror
unless you read the @3Diamond Sutra@1
you'll make bodhisattvas sick



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