Fierce Heat: On the Zen Room of Master Heng-Chi

by Burton Watson
Everyone rushing like mad to flee the heat—
only this Zen Master never budges from his room.
Could it be that heat doesn't reach a Zen room?
When mind is stilled, the body will be cool.
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English
Author of original: 
Po Chü-i
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Short Poems
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