Sunday, March 21, 2010

A Cup of Zen


From afar I smelled the alluring aroma of enlightenment. When I drew near to drink from the cup of zen...the damn thing was empty!


It tasted ever so sweet.

Hands palm to palm,

Shinzen




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8 comments:

  1. Ta WanMarch 21, 2010 at 3:31 PM

    Reminds me of the first Zen book I read. Full of emptiness. It took me a while though to realize the sweet.

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  2. The trials and tribulations of QPRMarch 21, 2010 at 4:06 PM

    Ah, brilliant, I love it...the cup of enlightenment is indeed an empty one. A great post :-)

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  3. David "Shinzen" NelsonMarch 21, 2010 at 4:07 PM

    Hey Ta Wan...I just noticed the ring in the bottom of the cup looks the Enso.

    Thanks...my first zen book started with the story of Nanin and the college professor...and the empty cup. It's a story that sticks to you.

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  4. Rizal AffifMarch 21, 2010 at 5:53 PM

    Perfect.

    Maybe I should switch my morning coffee ritual to an empty cup ritual :p

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  5. David "Shinzen" NelsonMarch 21, 2010 at 6:16 PM

    Rizal: Thanks for the comment too...it disappeared into the empty cup I think.

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  6. David "Shinzen" NelsonMarch 21, 2010 at 6:16 PM

    After I wrote about it...it appeared from nothingness...weird.LOL!

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  7. David "Shinzen" NelsonMarch 21, 2010 at 6:17 PM

    Doug: Thanks a bunch.

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  8. The trials and tribulations of QPRMarch 24, 2010 at 2:15 PM

    ....in fact even the cup disappears! No experience of enlightenment, and no experiencer....


    And yet everything continues to unfold ;-)

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