Reading the Thomas Merton book on Chuang Tzu. The latter is full of little stories and parables, but they remind me more of Kafka than Jesus. 'The Hat Saleman and the Capable Ruler' is a good example, because it leaves you wondering if the (presumably enlightened) ruler is in a state of bliss or distraught.
Like Kafka's parables, these suggest much more than they state; each one seems to promise a novel's-worth of story.
I want to read those novels.
