“Ware tada taru wo shiru.”
The inscription which appears on this 17th century stone basin at Ryoanji Temple in Kyoto is a visual pun in which each of four characters shares the same central square component. It can be read many ways, including "Ware tada taru wo shiru," or,"I know what 'just enough' is." This famous Zen saying encapsulates much of the thinking reflected in this book.
