Indeed he knows not
how to know who knows
not also how to un-know.
—Richard Francis Burton, 28 Sept. Zen calendar
Apply yourselves day after day, year after year, to the study of the "unthinkable."
—Soen Nakagawa, 29 Sept. Zen Calendar
I accidentally tore off today's calendar page, as I was behind, and tomorrow's went so well with today's that I thought I would post them both. They say that an ordinary student spends each day adding on new bits of knowledge, and that a Taoist student spends each day removing unnecessary knowledge. The Way cannot be found by thought or deed, but only by experience.
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