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TRULY, I love this life of seclusion. Carrying my staff, I walk toward a friend’s cottage. The trees in his garden, soaked by the evening rain, Reflect the cool, clear autumnal sky. The owner’s dog comes to greet me; Chrysanthemums bloom along the fence. These people have the same spirit as the ancients; An earthen wall marks their separation from
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Gary Snyder
Alan Watts • In My Own Way: An Autobiography
What does it mean to totally trust in life, to trust our practice? Simply a willingness to let it carry us through all these stages, which it will inevitably do, if only by finally making us face our own death.
Barry Magid • Ending the Pursuit of Happiness: A Zen Guide
“The world of dew is / A world of dew / And yet, and yet.”
Ada Calhoun • Wedding Toasts I'll Never Give
“use-less” (to use the hyphen in a Dickinsonian way) but essential.
Makoto Fujimura • Art and Faith: A Theology of Making
in little earfuls,