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A Buddhist grace

Photo by Aaron Burden on Unsplash We venerate the Three Treasures (teachers, the wild, and friends) And are thankful for this meal The work of many people And the sharing of other forms of life. (In Gary Snyder's The Practice of the Wild ) 

Body-mind joy

Photo by Toomas Tartes on Unsplash The wilderness pilgrim's step-by-step breath-by-breath walk up a trail, into those snowfields, carrying all on the back, is so ancient a set of gestures as to bring a profound sense of body-mind joy. Gary Snyder (in The Practice of the Wild )

The model is indeed near at hand (Lu Ji)

Photo by  Julie Johnson  on  Unsplash In making the handle Of an axe By cutting wood with an axe The model is indeed near at hand. (Lu Ji's Wên Fu , fourth century A.D. "Essay on Literature"- in the Preface, via Gary Snyder's poem - Axe Handles )