The Person In The Hut

Exploring this intriguing tradition of the Hermit and meditate upon the contemplative solitude that has appealed not only to hermits but also artists, philosophers, travellers and writers from ancient times until the present day.

Seek hermitage within the divine sanctuary, where the
student becomes the master, practicing in the
transformative furnace of solitude.
Without solitude we remain victims of our society and continue
to be entangled in the illusions of the false self.

"Consider the quote from one of these hermit monks
"There are many hearts in this world--
the Buddha has a teaching for the heart of every being."

This was spoken by a Buddhist Master said to be on the final leg of his liberation who resides in the Zhongnan mountains of China in near solitude. The majority of these hermits appear to be well practiced in the Dharma.

These hermit monks seem to have reached a point in their practice where they really can't help but wander off into the woods. Historically it was quite common in Buddhist traditions
(especially Tibetan Buddhism and Chinese Ch'an or Zen)
for monks to wander off to a cave or isolated hut
for long periods of deep contemplation."