I've always loved friends of the Way,
Always held them dear.
Meeting a stranger with silent springs;
Greeting a guest talking zen;
Talking about mysteries on a moonlit night;
Searching for truth until dawn
The tracks of our inventions disappear
And we see who we really are.
Hānshān Déqīng (1546 CE-1623 CE), Hānshān Déqīng was a leading Buddhist monk and poet of Ming Dynasty China who widely propagated the teachings of Chán and Pure Land Buddhism.