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Zen Parable 12: Everything Flows
As we prepare for the major undertaking of relocating the House of Bamboo, it's a good time to pause and reflect on the fact — sometimes hard to swallow — that everything is always in a state of flux. Or as the ancient Greeks were wont to say, "Panta Rhei," that is,...
Zen Parable 19: Mind is the Forerunner of All Things
It is a fundamental tenet of Far Eastern philosophy that the mind is the forerunner of all things. The idea echoes in the words of the Buddha, above. Shakespeare, too, in all his Elizabethan wisdom, was well-versed in this universal truth. “It is neither good nor bad,...
The Many Faces of Buddha
As we've just gotten in a beautiful new batch of mythic eastern statuary, this seems like an apt moment to review the line-up of Far Eastern iconography. The mighty Buddha is known to take many shapes and forms, sometimes even the absence of form. For those not so...
Bamboo Apparel: Support Your Local Farmer
Bamboo is an incredible plant with a fascinating history, capable of bridging gaps between cultures and continents. Bamboo grows well on six continents, but we usually associate it with the Far East. The great preponderance of bamboo products still comes from Asia,...