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Untitled 8 Aug 2013 | 06:30 am
Defile not its purity for drinking it expunges dust and woe. The taste of this thing is spiritual, taking it from the mountain where naturally it grew, I planted it in my own garden. The bus...
Untitled 29 Jul 2013 | 02:54 am
This morning my quarters were so cold I suddenly thought of my friend in the mountains gathering firewood down by the creek lugging it back to boil white rocks I wish I could bring him a gourd ful...
Untitled 10 Jun 2013 | 07:13 am
The mind is the root from which all things grow. If you can understand the mind, everything else is included. It’s like the root of a tree. All a tree’s fruit and flowers, branches and leaves depend o...
Untitled 2 May 2013 | 08:29 pm
Even though we imagine that the deep forest, or the high mountains, or some foreign country such as India, or Japan or Nepal would be the best environment for practicing zazen, it would be a waste of...
Kolkota Chai 2 May 2013 | 08:25 pm
Traveling traveling and still traveling, you're separated from me for life, ten thousand miles apart, gone to the other end of the sky.With your road so long and difficult, how can we know if we'll me...
Untitled 2 May 2013 | 08:23 pm
Sitting on a stump, I wander as freely as a cloud and leave the world's dust. - Tu Hsun-ho
Darjeeling 2013 2 May 2013 | 08:22 pm
A bit of self promotion: Enjoying this years Darjeeling first flush in Gangtok, Sikkim. Come end of April I will be selling the finest of my finds via: www.cloudmountainteahouse.com Peace all. Spri...
Untitled 2 May 2013 | 08:20 pm
My way lies outside the blue emptiness. White clouds have no place to drift. In the world is a rootless tree, Yellow leaves sent back by the word. - SHUSHAN KUANGREN
Untitled 27 Apr 2013 | 03:10 am
The greatest good is like water. Water's virtue is that it benefits all creatures, but is eager to contend with none. It resides in places most men hate; Thus, it is close to the Way.
Untitled 7 Feb 2013 | 02:45 am
I built a hut right in the city, But there is no noise of horses and carts. You ask me how this can be so, But when the mind is far away, the land follows of itself. - Tao Yuan-ming
