Stephen Billias

Too many steps have been taken returning to the root and the source.
Better to have been blind and deaf from the beginning!
Dwelling in one's true abode, unconcerned with that without—
The river flows tranquilly on and the flowers are red.
—The Ninth Oxherding Poem, “Return to the Source.”

Stephen Billias

Stephen Billias is a dedicated Zen practitioner with over 20 years of experience. A former student of the legendary Roshi Bernie Glassman. Billias brings a rare combination of historical rigor and spiritual authenticity to his prose.

Discovery Publisher

Stephen Billias

Too many steps have been taken returning to the root and the source.
Better to have been blind and deaf from the beginning!
Dwelling in one's true abode, unconcerned with that without—
The river flows tranquilly on and the flowers are red.
—The Ninth Oxherding Poem, “Return to the Source.”

Stephen Billias

Discovery Publisher

Stephen Billias

Too many steps have been taken returning to the root and the source. Better to have been blind and deaf from the beginning! Dwelling in one's true abode, unconcerned with that without— The river flows tranquilly on and the flowers are red. —The Ninth Oxherding Poem, “Return to the Source.”

Stephen Billias

Too many steps have been taken returning to the root and the source.
Better to have been blind and deaf from the beginning!
Dwelling in one's true abode, unconcerned with that without—
The river flows tranquilly on and the flowers are red.
—The Ninth Oxherding Poem, “Return to the Source.”