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Han Shan's Fragrant Flower

Published: Sept. 3, 2009, 1 a.m.

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

\n"A man sitting in a mountain pass --
\nrobed in clouds, tricked out in sunset's rose.
\nIn his fingers a fragrant flower, to pass along,
\nbut the road's so long and hard to climb!
\nIn his mind: disappointment and doubt;
\nold as he is, he's accomplished nothing.
\nPeople laugh at him, call him a cripple,
\nyet he stands alone -- constant, untouched."
\n - Han Shan

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