A book in two parts by a Western practitioner of Zen Buddhism. The first part, …
He opened his eyes and saw a new world. All the familiar objects were present, but all were cleansed from defilement of whatsoever sort. Before him stood a fir tree with a pigeon on a branch, and tree and bird were as hand and foot. Marvelling, he rose and strolled, and the world strolled with him, arm in arm, as a man and a girl in love.
— The goose is out by William John Gabb (Page 105)
― Gabb W. J., ‘Tales of Tokuzan - The raised palm’, The Goose is Out, The Buddhist Society, 1956, p.105