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Cold Mountain

Inside-Out

February 21, 2016Scott ShermanCold Mountain, Poetry

The clear water sparkles like crystal, you can see through it easily, right to the bottom. My mind is free from every thought, nothing in the myriad realms can move it. Since it cannot be wantonly roused, forever and forever it will stay unchanged. When you have learned to know […] Read more

As Above, So Below

February 7, 2016Scott ShermanCold Mountain, Poetry

Talking about food won’t make you full, babbling of clothes won’t keep out the cold. A bowl of rice is what fills the belly; it takes a suit of clothing to make you warm. And yet, without stopping to consider this, you complain that Buddha is hard to find. Turn […] Read more

This Song Has No Zen

January 28, 2016Scott ShermanCold Mountain, Poetry

High, high from the summit of the peak, whatever way I look, no limit in sight! No one knows I am sitting here alone. A solitary moon shines in the cold spring. Here in the spring – this is not the moon. The moon is where it always is – […] Read more

Time to Live

  • Home
  • Eat
  • Play
  • Think
  • Read
  • Create
  • Speak
  • Breathe
  • Live
    • Chuang Tzu
    • Cold Mountain
    • Lao Tzu
    • Emily Bronte
    • Emily Dickinson
    • Rumi
    • Hafiz
    • Sylvia Plath