Rain and Rhino
Love Letters from the Hermitage
Detail from The Thatched Hut of Dreaming of an Immortal, Ming Dynasty China. Artist: Tang Yin (1470-1523 CE). Smithsonian National Museum of Asian Art. Used here with permission.
On Taking Up Koan
From the October 2017 retreat, Furnace Mountain.
Where the forest path expires, go on.
When you cannot move, turn.
When you cannot turn, change.
When you cannot change, burn.