“ In every community, there is work to be done. In every nation, there are wounds to heal. In every heart, there is the power to do it. ” ― Marianne Williamson
In later life Basho turned to Zen Buddhism, and the travel sketched in this volume relfect his attempts to cast off earthly attachments and reach out to spiritual fulfillment. The sketches are written in the "haibun" style--a linking of verse and prose. T