Great Is The Robe
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Great is the robe of liberation,
a formless field of benefaction.
Buddhas have authentically transmitted it.
Ancestors have intimately received it.
Beyond wide, beyond narrow,
beyond cloth, beyond threads;
maintain it thus,
then you are called a keeper of the robe.
~ Ryokan
(trans. Tanahashi, Sky Above, Great Wind)
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