Random Bookshelf Reading 49

Random Bookshelf Reading 49

Question:  This week?

Answer:  "A farmer hoes his rice
                  in the noonday glare;
              I see his sweat dripping down
                  in big drops to the soil.
              Ah! for the meal in your bowl,
                  don't you care
              that each small grain
                  cost the farmer bitter toil?   -- Li Shen (T'ang Dynasty)"  (p.272)

From The Complete Idiot's Guide to Understanding Buddhism by Gary Gach.


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