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Magazine Parting Words

The Best Season

By Wumen Huikai

Fall 2016

Ten thousand flowers in spring, the moon in autumn,

a cool breeze in summer, snow in winter.

If your mind isn’t clouded by unnecessary things,

this is the best season of your life.

♦

Wumen Huikai (1183-1260) was a Chan master who compiled the koan collection The Gateless Gate.