Wednesday
Han Shan (Silly Mountain) tried to put what couldn’t be said into words everybody could understand:
Put a fish on land and he will remember the ocean until he dies. Put a bird in a cage, yet he will not forget the sky. Each remains homesick for his true home, the place where his nature has decreed that he should be.
Man is born in a state of innocence. His original nature is love, grace and purity. Yet he emigrates so casually, without even a thought of his old home.
Is this not sadder than the fishes and the birds?
Remembering Master Xu Yun (Empty Cloud)
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