OX-HERDING PICTURES
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Return to the Marketplace
A laughing, pot-bellied figure walks barefoot into the marketplace, carrying a sack. He smiles at everyone. Flowers bloom in his wake.
Barefooted and naked of breast, he mingles with the people of the world. His face is smeared with earth and ashes. How broad is his smile! Without humbling himself, the withered trees come into bloom.
The gate of his cottage is closed, and even the wisest know him not. He enters the market with helping hands. Wine shops and fish stalls — he transforms all he touches.