Spear of Stone through No Gate

Stanza in Meditation by Gertrude Stein (1932)
and No-Gate Gateway, by Wu-men Hui-kai in 1228, translated by David Hinton

Separate Poems

Stanza LIV &

Could she not have it as they made an impulse

He will not feel that it is made to change

They will conclude that parts are partly mine.

They will have will

Will they come when they will

Or will they wait until.

If when if not when will they.

No. 9 Vast Insight Surpassing Wisdom

How can clarity about self compare to clarity about mind at rest?

Clarity about mind --ah--fathom that clarity, and self is grief-free.

 

And if you know clarity about mind and self, clarity within clarity,

what is there more regal for gods and immortals to declare noble?

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Stanza in Meditation by Gertrude Stein (1932), and No-Gate Gateway, by Wu-men Hui-kai in 1228, translated by David Hinton
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