Solitary

Solitary ... part of the journey

Seclude the mind, not the movements,
remain living in the world of man.
Lack a tree?  Plant a sapling.
Without a mountain?  Look at a picture.
Living amidst clamor I am not flustered;
true meaning is found in this.

Ch'iao-jan
(734-c.792)

Flight

Flight ... the most natural thing

 

I make my home in the mountains

You ask why I live

alone in the mountain forest,

and I smile and am silent

until even my soul grows quiet:

it lives in the other world,

one that no one owns.

The peach trees blossom.

The water continues to flow.

Li Po

(701-762)

"Seeing each other ...."

 

"Seeing each other,

they break out in laughter."

"What color is the wind;

from where does the rain come?"

"In every place ...."

"In every place, the complete truth"

 

"Meeting the source ...."

"Meeting the source to the right

and to the left" 

 

"When you go far off ...."

 

"When you go far off, you always start from nearby."

"True taste ...."

"True taste is only in

the light and simple."