Yuan Mei : P’u-t’o Temple

For more about this 18th c. CE Chinese poet and painter, see this earlier post.

A temple, hidden, treasured
                    in the mountain’s cleft
Pines, bamboo
               such a subtle flavor:
The ancient Buddha sits there, wordless
The welling source speaks for him.

Translation J.P. Seaton

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