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A poem of cool summer wind and snowy winter.
The classic Zen poem "Ordinary is the Tao" by a monk in the Song Dynasty. This poem is profound and thought-provoking, and it is the most classic Zen poem in history. It has comforted the world for thousands of years and deserves to be remembered by future generations. Read often to get peace of mind. The whole poem is as follows:

There are flowers in spring, moons in autumn, cool breeze in summer and snow in winter.

If you don't mind your own business, this is a good time on earth.

This poem is not an independent poem, but the nineteenth poem in Zen master Huang Longhui's masterpiece "No Gate Pass". Poetry is catchy, easy to understand and meaningful, and is loved by many Buddhist disciples and the world. Zen master Hui Kai in Huanglong was a high-ranking monk in the Song Dynasty, known as a monk without doors in the world.

Zen master whose ancestral home is Qiantang, Hangzhou, whose real name is Liang. The reason why he is also called "the Zen Master without Gate" is that he is inspired by the word "Wu" of Sophora flavescens and is familiar with Buddhism. Therefore, he paid special attention to the method of "enlightenment". After collecting important cases of Zen in past dynasties, he selected 48 issues and compiled a book "No Gate to Pass Zen".