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Life is like a cloud of mist Emerging from a mountain cave, And death A floating moon In its celestial course. If you think too much About the meanin… - Mumon Gensen
" "Life is like a cloud of mist
Emerging from a mountain cave,
And death
A floating moon
In its celestial course.
If you think too much
About the meaning they may have,
You'll be bound forever
Like an ass to a stake.
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About Mumon Gensen
Mumon Gensen (Japanese: 無文元選, March 22, 1323 - May 7, 1390) was a Japanese Zen priest, believed as an illegitimate son of Emperor Go-Daigo. In 1340, the next year of Go-Daigo death, Gensen became a priest at Kennin-ji, Kyoto, a major Rinzai-zen affiliated temple. He went to China ruled by Yuan dynasty to study Zen much further, and after his return to Japan, founded Hōkō-ji in Tōtōmi Province, now Shizuoka Prefecture.
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