Temple Tales

Temple Tales

Ep. 069: Thoughts along the Pilgrim's Path

What goes through a man's mind as he walks over 300 miles?

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James Baquet
Jul 06, 2020
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Walking gives one plenty of chances to cogitate. So, on my 300-plus-mile saunter down the Old Tokaido Highway from Tokyo to Kyoto in the Autumn of 2001, I had plenty of opportunity to just think. When time permitted, I wrote down some of my more cogent thoughts at the end of the day--some 35 times, as it happened. Let's take a look at a few of the more palatable results of all this brain-work in this episode of--

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