15 Quotes by Hanshan

The hermit escapes the human worldand likes to sleep on mountainsamong green widely-spaced vineswhere clear torrents sing harmonies.He steams with joy,swinging at ease through freedom,not stained with worldly affairs,heart clean as a white lotus.

If your house has Cold Mountain poems They are better for you than sutras Hang them up where you can see them Read them and read them again.

Men ask the way to Cold Mountain, Cold Mountain: there’s no through trail.

How wonderful is Cold Mountain Climbers are all afraid The moon shines on clear water twinkle twinkle Wind rustles the tall grass Plum trees flower in the snow Bare twisted trees have clouds for foliage A touch of rain brings it all alive Unless you see clearly do not approach.

All the people in the Kuo-ch’ing monastery They say, “Han-shan is an idiot.” “Am I really an idiot:” I reflect. But my reflections fail to solve the question: for I myself do not know who the self is, And how can others know who I am?

Though face and form alter with the years, I hold fast to the pearl of my mind.

I sit cross-legged on the rock The valleys and streams are cold and damp Sitting quietly is beautiful The cliffs are lost in mist and fog I rest happily in this place At dusk the tree shadows are low I look into my mind A white lotus emerges from the dark mud.

I took a walk, Suddenly I stood still, filled with the realization that I had no body or mind. All I could see was one great illuminating Whole – omnipresent, perfect, lucid and serene.

Cold Mountain cold Ice freezes rock Mountains are green Snow is white Sun shines bright Every thing melt Every thing warm Warms old man.