DUSTLESS | print edition

Volume 8 | The Lover in the Snow: 2

Against the towering backdrop of the Mountain of Light, as the travellers shelter from a sudden storm, the story of a fall is told: of one who was selected for supreme power, but who ended only in exile and dismay. But such a fall! — a descent that led through the palaces and mansions of the imperial capital, the homes of great ladies and of shadowy princes; through seedy retreats and low bars, where songbirds fluttered, and the invisible performed; through locations, famous across the fifty cantons, which every Pure sightseer should wish to visit; and through dubious backwaters, quarters reserved for the purposes of pleasure, which any Pure sightseer should fastidiously avoid.

It is a tale of mismatch and misadventure, of glory lost and glory found. A tale where a fragile wisdom can be won from acts of wilful stupidity, and where violent pride may lead to moments of true tenderness and humility.

What can the wise and the illuminated make of such a tale? Is it possible, against all the teachings of the sutras, that the burning carnality of dust may yet sometimes give rise to a calm and Dustless vision?

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