Two Poems from a Mountain Retreat

I wrote the following while in meditation retreat up in Ladakh earlier this year.



五言山中修行一絕

月弓煇高峰
金烏歸西阜
冬山獨修行
何三昧溫吾

"Retreat in the Mountains"

The moon bow bright on high peaks,
The golden crow returns to the western mound.
During winter alone practicing in the mountain,
What samādhi to warm me up?

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五言遍歷一絕

塵外活雲水
懸釜馬麥味
喜見行脚人
恥茶無兩杯

"Wandering"

Living like clouds and water outside the world,
Suspending a kettle, a taste of horse feed.
Delighted to meet someone wandering the realm,
Ashamed, I have not two cups for tea.