Room Without Walls
A stream carved in rock
flows into a lake
in a valley.
A monk is in the valley.
Tree cloaked ridges
surround the valley.
He stays in a temple.
The temple is on the lake.
Floating on the lake.
He lives in a room in the temple.
The room has no walls.
The room has a door.
When he enters the room
without walls,
he uses the door.
When he wants
to be alone,
he closes the door.
A visitor can follow
the path by the stream
into the valley.
On the shore is a rowboat.
The visitor can row
to the temple on the lake.
When a visitor enters,
the monk opens the door,
comes out, and makes tea.
posted by Madhava Gosh @ 10:06 AM
2 comments
2 Comments:
Good movie eh? I quite enjoyed it myself. Although, I don't know if I ever fully grasped the significance of the missing walls.
Another Korean movie buff! Yes, this was written after seeing "Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring".
The lack of walls I took as the acknowledgemnt that we are not independent of Krishna. Respecting a space as if it had walls, even when it didn't, shows how much we need cultural conventions to have a peaceful society, even if they aren't the ultimate goal.
I was, needless to say, impressed by the movie.
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