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Above: Bamboo, Plum Blossoms and Moon, 1713 - Gao Qipei - Chinese, 1660-1734

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Master Ryokan lived for many years as a hermit owning nothing but his robe and bowl. One evening his modest hut was visited by a robber. Instead of resisting, Ryokan insisted the robber take everything he had. In the morning his students found him sitting, naked and content, in his empty hut. Ryokan’s poem:

The thief left it behind:
the moon
at my window.

(Source: thewalters.org)

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