Thirsty, I brew tea

It's never been possible
to fabricate nature.
Why do I look for enlightenment outside?
All I know for truth is that
there is no action in the heart.
Thirsty, I brew tea;
tired, I take a nap.

Ven. Hye Geun (혜근스님) 1320-1376                                .  

From The Korean Way of Tea, p. 58

I Sketch a Map in a Cup of Tea

Travellers wonder how to reach Cold Mountain.

No road stretches so far; the streams end far below.
Summer ice darkens the grees.
Sunrise labours to burn off the mist.

How did a gray squat thing like me arrive?
I make my journey sitting still. 

- 寒山, Hanshan "Cold Mountain"

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