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Once there was a hermit named Ryokan who bowed in respect to a falling maple leaf as it turned in the sun – showing front, showing back, falling down.
- by autobot
- Aug. 24, 2024
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Once there was a hermit named Ryokan who bowed in respect to a falling maple leaf as it turned in the sun – showing front, showing back, falling down. “We try to put up a nice front; that is why we have problems,” explains the writer Gyomay Kubose. “There is really no front and back in true life... If we were able to live life as the maple leaves, showing the front as front and back as back, there would be no falseness, no pretence, no secrets to hide.”