1939 · CLOSE READING
Khing Kang King
Khing Kang King (1939), PDF p. 7
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IF MAN RESTRAIN DESIRE,
HIS MIND WILL CEASE TO ROLL,
AND MINDS RELEASE ALLOW PURE PEACE
OF SILENCE TO THE SOUL.
THE SENSES WILL NOT SOIL ;
THE THOUGHT WILL NOT UPSTRESS ;
NOR POISONS (GREED, WRATH, DULNESS) BREED
THEIR TRIFORM DEADLINESS.
MEN EARN NOT EASE OF TAO
FOR THEIR DESIRES DISEASE ;
BECAUSE THEIR MIND IS NOT REFINED
OF THOUGHT BY KILLING THESE
IF ONE SHOULD SLAY DESIRES,
HIS MIND AND BODY SEEM
NO LONGER HIS, BUT PHANTASIES
DANCED IN A WANTONS DREAM.
SLAY MIND, SLAY BODY, SLAY
THE EXTERNAL : MATTER GOES.
THEN SPACE REMAINS ; RENEW THY PAINS !
UP ! FRONT THE FINAL FOES !
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