object:1.hcyc - 52 - From my youth I piled studies upon studies (from The Shodoka)
author class:Hsuan Chueh of Yung Chia
subject class:Poetry
class:chapter
English version by Robert Aitken Original Language Chinese From my youth I piled studies upon studies, In sutras and sastras I searched and researched, Classifying terms and forms, oblivious to fatigue. I entered the sea to count the sands in vain And then the Tathagata scolded me kindly As I read "What profit in counting your neighbor's treasure?" My work had been scattered and entirely useless, For years I was dust blown by the wind. <
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