Jun 20
Tuesday
The Hill of Hua-Tzu
Commentary on a poem expressing deep wisdom and compassion
by Noel McLellan
Hua-Tzu Hill
Wang: The birds fly away
into infinite space:
Over the whole mountain
returns the splendour of autumn.
Ascending and descending
Hua-tzu hill,
I feel
unbounded bewilderment and lamentation.
P’ei: The sun sets,
The wind rises among the pines.
Returning home,
there is a little dew upon the grass.
The reflection of the clouds
falls into the tracks of my shoes,
The blue of the mountains
touches my clothes. Continue…
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Authentic Presence: Touching “The Thing in Itself” – HIGHLIGHT
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