Dharma Monday
Cold Mountain: poetry and teachings of a mountain sage (week 3)
Dharma night is suitable for those who would like to learn more about Buddhism. It is also a popular night for regular friends to drop in and practice together. If you are a beginner but can't get to/or have just started one of our meditation classes, you are still welcome to come and join in.
The program for the evening is a talk on some aspect of Buddhism, tea break, then group meditation to end the evening.
The final talk in Ratnavyuha's series on "The Poetry and Teachings of Cold Mountain"
Nothing to do I climbed Flower Peak
one fair and radiant day
everywhere in the sky
white clouds flew with cranes
“My mind is like the Autumn moon”
In the final week we'll look at what Han Shan says is possible for us all. What can life be like? Why bother choosing differently from most other people? There is an obvious invitation in his poetry. An invitation to look within ourselves, to stop chasing after things around us which are never standing still, and to do it now.
The above poem was translated by Red Pine ("The Collected Songs of Cold Mountain", Copper Canyon Press, 2000)
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Ratnavyuha
I've been actively involved with the Triratna Buddhist community since 1992 while still at University. As with many other people, my personal journey…