The silent, still, emptiness of Cold Mountain
Streams of water flow down Cold Mountain
The clear night sky, moon white
In the silent still emptiness
When thoughts are abandoned
The universe offers itself.
- Han Shan (aka Cold Mountain), 9th Century T’ang Dynasty
Han Shan — Cold Mountain — lived as a hermit in the T'ang Dynasty mountains of China, writing poems on stone and wood. His verses return again and again to the same clearing: silence, emptiness, the mind released from its own noise. This is one of those poems.
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The Tao Te Ching Journal: A Path To Inner Quiet
Zen Mountain Journal blends Taoist hermit poetry, contemplative art, and reflections drawn from a lifetime shaped by wilderness, solitude, and decades doing creative work on the outer boundaries of our culture. These journals are companions for seekers — guides in the reconnection with inner quiet, beauty, and the “soundless music” of a life lived with simplicity and meaning.
• Size: 9.25 × 8.5 inches — convenient size for desk or lap.
• Hardcover — the book can be written in without a table or desk.
• Double wire-o bound to lay flat.
• Printed on Mohawk Superfine, a premium uncoated paper for a beautiful writing surface.
• 160 pages.
