Yunmen's Mountain


How steep is Yün-mên's mountain!
How low the white clouds hang!
The mountain stream rushes so swiftly
That fish cannot venture to stay.
One's coming is well-understood
From the moment one steps in the door.
Why should I speak of the dust
On the track that is worn by the wheel?

— Yun-men, from the Jingde Chuandeng Lu
《景德傳燈錄》

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