Skeletons – Part 2

Originally appeared August 2009

One night, I came to a lonely little temple, looking for a place to rest. I was far off the main road, at the base of a mountain, seemingly lost in a vast Plain of Repose.

Ikkyu’s skeletons teach in rich and evocative koan-like poems.  Any one of them can be read alone, and in fact, each one deserves quiet contemplation rather than a single reading.  Powerful in imagery and content, these skeletons have much to share.

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Skeletons - Part 2
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