Pages

Sunday, October 10, 2010

Enlightened Panda Imparts Wisdom In 'Zen Ghosts'


Several years ago, children's author and illustrator Jon J. Muth drew a picture of a big panda in a very large pair of pants. It made him laugh, but he didn't think much of it, and he put the sketch away in a drawer.

It was while he was on a book tour that Muth dreamed up a crazy idea: what if, as a child, you grew up a few doors down from a kindhearted spiritual teacher? And what if that teacher was a panda wearing a very large pair of pants?

Continue reading at NPR and listen to the interview.

No comments:

Post a Comment