Fling It Down On The Ground

Turquoise Canyon


Serpentine Canyon


Jacqueline Du Pré:
Elgar Cello Concerto,
first movement


watch your step



A monk asked Joshu, "What would you say when I come to you with nothing?"
Joshu said, "Fling it down on the ground."
Protested the monk, "I said I had nothing. What shall I let go?"
"If so, carry it away," Joshu replied.
--D.T. Suzuki
An Introduction to Zen Buddhism