“I sometimes react to making a mistake as if I have betrayed myself. My fear of making a mistake seems to be based on the hidden assumption that I am potentially perfect and that if I can just be very careful I will not fall from heaven. But a 'mistake' is a declaration of the way I am, a jolt to the way I intend, a reminder I am not dealing with the facts. When I have listened to my mistakes I have grown.”
A collection of introspective essays and musings that delve into the author's thoughts and observations on various aspects of life. more
English biography, 120-180 words more
“Surely it was a good way to die, in the place of someone else, someone I loved.”
“I did not know how to reach him, how to catch up with him... The land of tears is so mysterious.”
“It's only through form that we can realize emptiness”
“I felt like lying down by the side of the trail and remembering it all”
“equally empty, equally to be loved, equally a coming Buddha”
“The silence was an intense roar.”