I'll get back and shut that old garden gate. The birds have vanished down the sky. Now the last cloud drains away. To learn to be without desire, you must desire that. In all the vastness of the sea and sky, you'll never find it. - translated by J.P. Seaton Green Mountain Clouds come, and the green mountain is not.
Clouds go, and the green mountain is.
Translations are mine unless otherwise noted. Heaps of thanks to J.P. Seaton and to my classmates, especially to Kendall, Ian, Sharon, Davie and Pete. Much thanks also to Jim Sanford, Eric Henry and Rong Tang.