Andrew Wyeth (1917-2009)                            "Wind from the Sea" (1947)                               National Gallery of Art

Gust of Wind: D.T. Suzuki The wind at your back— thankful for the Irish blessings, but when it's blowing on your face, wonderful recall of D.T. Suzuki at age 87 in Mexico attending Psychiatry Conference discussing Buddha's 8-Fold Path, but he's not participating. Scholars elbowing each other whispering "the old man's asleep". Suddenly a gust of wind from the window— papers flying off the table, except Suzuki's— his fist kept them still as the wind blew in— Paul Brunton defines yoga as skill in action. The scholars were talking the talk, only Suzuki walking the walk— not asleep but awake showing mindfulness.   — Peter Y. Chou       Mountain View, 6-9-2021

D.T. Suzuki (1870-1966) Papers flying away Fist on papers "A Zen Life: D.T. Suzuki" (1986)