Socratic question
What remains when commentary stops?
PLATE 28 · CONTRARIES · Medium
Zen Is Zen
Something is lost
ornamental explanation
ornamental explanation
Something may be gained
direct practice
direct practice
Small practice
Wash one bowl with undivided attention.
Illustration direction
A sparse field of obsidian, indigo haze, emerald points, one interrupted line, and a gold threshold. The lost form recedes; the possible gain remains incomplete.