Hōtō, Summer 1977 — shorter pieces

July 1977 · Haiku Zendo, Los Altos

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This entry is not a single continuous talk. It gathers the shorter pieces printed across one issue of the newsletter, which appear here as they were found rather than stitched into a whole.

Oasis aspiration

I Like to Make Some Oasis, Some Kind of Oasis Where People Feel Truly Rest.

On Self-Trust — trust through unknowing

I trust myself that I cannot know anything. Which makes sense, because constantly something teaches me. People teach me. And that teaching doesn't stick on me.

On Legs for Sitting

We discover two legs and a pair of hips existed for sitting; not only walking or running, pushing pedals, sometimes kicking others. We didn't know legs and hips existed for sitting.

On the Octopus — Kobun humor

If octopus sits, it has to be fantastic.
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