It always takes long to come to what you have to say, you have to sweep this stretch of land up around your feet and point to the signs, pleat whole histories with pins in your mouth and guess at the fall of words. Shambhala Publications, 1998. Trungpa, who founded the Naropa Institute in Boulder, Colorado, in 1971, is something of a hero to American writers like Allen Ginsberg who were interested in Eastern philosophy. What I like about him is his sense of humor. A crow is black Because the lotus is white.
Ants run fast Because the elephant is slow.
Words and photographs are copyright 2000 by Carol Van Houten unless otherwise noted.