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Once seekers were invited to a Zen master's tea
"Dear Master, how do you find happiness, we plea? We long to be as content as you are So tell us, what is your personal secret so far?" The master smiled and raised his cup "When I drink, I drink, when I get up, I get up "When I lie down, I lie down, when I walk, I walk When I eat, I eat and when I talk, I talk" The seekers looked puzzled, one blurted out: "Oh please, don't mock us, what's it about? We too, we sleep and walk and drink But happiness eludes - what do you think? The master, he answered as before: "When I perceive, I perceive, when I ignore, I ignore When I stand, I stand, when I walk, I walk When I'm silent, I'm silent, when I talk, I talk" Feeling their unrest, the master took his cup: "While you are lying, you are thinking of getting up While you rise, you think of what to do While you are busy, your thoughts are running too Your mind is rushing, is never in Now Between past and future, you are scattered anyhow Life's true essence lies therein between So live this one moment devoted and keen!" |
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Hi JWagner,
the truth in the spontaneity of the moment,
the sage in your poem sums it up vividly Best regards -ganter- |
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Thanks a lot, ganter!
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