Inside the Grass Hut

Enter the mind and practice of Zen: apply the insights of one of Zen''s classic poems to your life--here and now.

Destined to become a trusted, dog-eared companion.
Shitou Xiqian’s “Song of the Grass Roof Hermitage” is a remarkably accessible work of profound depth; in thirty-two lines Shitou expresses the breadth of the entire Buddhist tradition with simple, vivid imagery. Ben Connelly’s Inside the...