This Reminds Me of Liz Burkemper
What shall I compareYour precious letter in early spring?All the jewels and goldLose their color. — Misao Kodama and Hikosaku Yanagishima, The Zen Fool: Ryōkan, 111
Tag: Ryōkan
Be a Light
Then coming to this pass [Ryōkan] found only one way to go: he made up his mind, to go his own way, that is to say, to pursue the way of truth—the only way a…