Shih-T'ou's Song of the Grass Roof Hermitage (1 of 2)

Buddhist Temple of Toledo Podcast · Jun 3, 2009 · 35m

Jay Rinsen Weik gives a talk and leads discussion at the Toledo Zen Center on August 20, 2008.

"I've built a grass roof hut, where there's nothing of value.

After eating, I relax and enjoy a nap.

When it was completed, fresh weeds appeared.

Now it's been lived in - covered by weeds.

The person in the hut lives here calmly,

not stuck to inside, outside, or in between."

-Shih-Tou

"When you can get past the 'It's not OK' about 'It's not OK,' and just be OK with 'It's not OK,' then, OK!"

-Rinsen

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