Expectations: A Kyoto Koan 21/08/2025

Alan Wildsmith
Dec 12, 2025
1 min read

Updated: Jan 3

It’s so hot in Kyoto; we can’t leave our house and explore much and the house isn’t even that cool...

One meets one’s,

When one,

Lowers ones.

This koan encompasses oneself and the numerical one.

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