Admonishing a Younger Teacher by Ch’i-chi

You decline to write poetry, won’t listen to sutras,
too lazy to visit the other peaks of Ch’an—
when at last your head is white and they question you,
what stories will you have to tell your students?

translated by Burton Watson

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