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Impure Heart
Unseen Buddha

The heart is impure
The Buddha is unseen

This is a great calendar to ponder while on the toilet and feeling literary. The translations should be less precise and grammatical and more vague and poetic: I keep thinking of #WilliamEmpson and his #SevenTypesOfAmbiguity and his treatment of #NewCorn by #TaoChien
#proverbs #BuddhistCalendar #Buddhism

> Reginald H. Blyth thought T'ao Ch'ien's creation was the finest poem ever written. We are still several weeks away from seeing new corn, but for me, the eight lines are the essence of April and springtime.
- https://www.beyondthefieldsweknow.org/2019/04/thursday-poem-swiftly.html
#TaoChien #Poetry #NewCorn

Swiftly the years, beyond recall, Solemn the stillness of this fair morning. I will clothe myself in spring clothing, And visit the ...