Li Po's You ask why I make my home in the mountain forest
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"You ask why I make my home
in the mountain forest,
and I smile,
and am silent,
and even my soul remains quiet:
it lives in the other world
which no one owns.
The peach trees blossom,
The water flows."
~ Li Po
This is my favorite by Li Po (Li Bai). I feel that it really captures enlightenment. I exist, the river exists, and the peach tree exists. We take care of each other. Don't know mind, river mind, tree mind.
"You ask why I make my home
in the mountain forest,
and I smile,
and am silent,
and even my soul remains quiet:
it lives in the other world
which no one owns.
The peach trees blossom,
The water flows."
~ Li Po
This is my favorite by Li Po (Li Bai). I feel that it really captures enlightenment. I exist, the river exists, and the peach tree exists. We take care of each other. Don't know mind, river mind, tree mind.