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Title: my miraculous power
Post by: nichi on October 17, 2006, 01:37:09 AM
      My daily affairs are quite ordinary;
      but I'm in total harmony with them.
      I don't hold on to anything, don't reject anything;
      nowhere an obstacle or conflict.
      Who cares about wealth and honor?
      Even the poorest thing shines.
      My miraculous power and spiritual activity:
      drawing water and carrying wood.

            - Layman P'ang (c. 740-808)





"The Enlightened Heart"
An Anthology of Sacred Poetry
Edited by Stephen Mitchell
Harper & Row, New York , 1989