...in all this suffering we must live as if we were dancing, following the heavenly and the natural, climaxing in not knowing we are burned up. This is to nourish our lives. Nourishment occurs not high in the misty mountains away from the world's suffering, but in the very midst of suffering.
-- Kuang-ming Wu, The Butterfly as Companion
Of late I deeply devote myself to quiescence.
Nothing in the world concerns my mind...
The breeze from the pine woods blows my sash;
The mountain moon shines upon my harp.
You ask me to explain the reason of failure or success.
The fisherman's song goes deep into the river.
-- Wang Wei (8th century)
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