Han Shan's Fragrant Flower

Buddhist Temple of Toledo Podcast · Sep 3, 2009 · 51m

Jay Rinsen Weik gives a talk and leads discussion at the Toledo Zen Center on November 12, 2008.

"A man sitting in a mountain pass --

robed in clouds, tricked out in sunset's rose.

In his fingers a fragrant flower, to pass along,

but the road's so long and hard to climb!

In his mind: disappointment and doubt;

old as he is, he's accomplished nothing.

People laugh at him, call him a cripple,

yet he stands alone -- constant, untouched."

- Han Shan

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