"…Living only for the moment, turning our full attention to the pleasures of the moon, the snow, the cherry blossoms and the maple leaves; singing songs, drinking wine, diverting ourselves just floating, floating….refusing to be disheartened, like a gourd floating along with the river current; this is what we call the floating world…” Asai Ryoi, in Ukiyo Monogatari (Tales of the Floating World, 1661)
Wednesday, December 24, 2008
In Harmony
In harmony with the Tao, The sky is clear and spacious, The earth is solid and full, All creatures flourish together, Content with the way they are, Endlessly repeating themselves, Endlessly renewed. -Chapter 39, Tao Te Ching Stephen Mitchell Translation
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