a duck preens at river's edge;
unruffled by the dreary winter vibe.
A Duck in Winter [Haiku]
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grazing deer
pays hikers no heed:
too noisy for threat.

solitary duck
huddles with itself,
against the cold.
How Buddhists reconcile the Doctrine of Anatta (the belief that there is no permanent self) with a belief in reincarnation.
A mythical one to be sure. Cobbled together and a product of pure imagination. Griffin, Minotaur, Dragon, Vietnamese Unicorn (not to be confused with the kind hung as posters on the walls of pre-teen American girls,) or something of that nature.