Notes

1. The gate of the monastery, a chicken, and a vendor of noodles

1. In this position the legs are crossed in such a way that the left foot is turned round to rest on the right thigh and the right foot on the left thigh. The back is held straight and the hands are folded, resting in the bowl formed by the feet.

2. Meditating hurts

1. The Life of Milarepa, by his pupil Lobzang Jivaka, translated into English by W. Y. Evans-Wentz, John Murray, (1962).

3. Life is suffering

1. Swami Prabhavananda and Christopher Isherwood, How to Know God (Allen & Unwin, 1953).

2. P. D. Ouspensky, The Fourth Way (Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1957).

12. A shameless day and satori in the willow quarter

1. Ikku Jippensha, Shank’s Mare (Tuttle, Tokyo, 1960)