“I live on the edge of the world
Gathering herbs, watching clouds
Half the time I laugh
Half the time I sit in silence”
- Chia Tao

"New Year's day—
everything is in blossom!
I feel about average."
- by Kobayashi Issa

Mitta

Full of trust you left home,
and soon learned to walk the Path—
making yourself a friend to everyone
and making everyone a friend.

When the whole world is your friend,
fear will find no place to call home.

And when you make the mind your friend,
you’ll know what trust
really means.

Listen.

I have followed this Path of friendship to its end.

And I can say with absolute certainty—
it will lead you home.