{"id":12543,"date":"2016-05-18T07:13:08","date_gmt":"2016-05-18T14:13:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/monkeymind\/?p=12543"},"modified":"2016-05-18T07:13:40","modified_gmt":"2016-05-18T14:13:40","slug":"talking-about-food-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/monkeymind\/2016\/05\/talking-about-food-2.html","title":{"rendered":"You Complain that Buddha is Hard to Find"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

\"Hanshan\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Just found myself thinking of the poet and sort of Zen guy, Hanshan.<\/p>\n

Talking about food won\u2019t make you full,
\nBabbling of clothes won\u2019t keep out the cold.
\nA bowl of rice is what fills the belly;
\nIt takes a suit of clothing to make you warm.
\nAnd yet, without stopping to consider this,
\nYou complain that Buddha is hard to find.
\nTurn your mind within! There she is!
\nWhy look for her abroad?<\/em><\/p>\n

(slightly adapted from) Burton Watson, translator
\nCold Mountain: 100 Poems by the T\u2019ang poet Han-shan
\n(New York, Columbia University Press, 1970: p, 88)<\/p>\n