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wind stops, but still flower falls
File Name: 71-08-15
verbatim transcript, from audio, more noise, Q & A after lecture.
When-- when wind stops, flowers fall.
When a bird sings, mountain become more calm.
That is a kind of Zen poem. My translation is not so good. [He recites the poem in Japanese, saying each line twice.]
Kaze yande hana mae otsu.
Kaze [Tori] naitei yama sarani yunari.
Kaze yande: When wind stops, but still flower falls. No-- there is no wind. If there is no wind, flower should stay, but flower-- after, you know, there is no wind, still flower falls. If a bird ... Read Transcript (this version is updated and corrected at times. Any other transcripts below are not).
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