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Nov. 17 | The Snow Leopard by Peter Matthiessen

Sao, the snow leopard, hides behind the locked monastery door
laughing with the dancing yeti girl and little drumming lama boy

Snow leopard taste:
alkali salts
Snow leopard sight:
a small Buddha of worn stone, bright-painted in the reds and blues of earth and sky; prayer stones lit by fire-colored lichens
Snow leopard sound:
daybreak chanting; S-A-A-O!
Snow leopard smell:
thick scent of juniper
Snow leopard touch: winter ice, morning sun
Snow leopard quote: "
But 'only the Awakened ones remember their many births and deaths,' (Bhagavad-Gita) and I can hear no whisperings of other lives."
Snow leopard word of the day: koan - "All peaks are covered with snow—why is this one bare?"
Snow leopard notable:
"on a hanging cloth, with a wolf, Tibetan wild asses, and an owl, there is a picture of a female yeti" — inside the Crystal Monastery
Snow leopard extra:
Yeti sighting? A deepened mystery.
Snow leopard gratitude:
homegoing

Panthera progress:
Hopeful, ready to return to the end.

What is this? Blogging The Snow Leopard project.

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