A man with a job and a house sits on his bed and meditates. 'How happy I am' he thought as he slipped into mediation 'that I did not join the monastery and have their bell disturb my peace'.
Bodhidharma, the startling awakening
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*"If you want to abandon the unreal and turn to the real, sit steadily and
gaze at a wall. Self and other, ordinary people and enlightened ones, are
one an...
4 years ago
3 comments:
Lol. Reminds me of this:
The Reunciate (The Monk)
Leaf Drama Wrote
Yes indeed . . to 'be' or to be-come something, that is the question.
Mind you, I'm not sure that a bell or even the ticking of a clock would be substantial enough to disturb the peace of a mind centered in Pure awareness.
I and the bell are one ;-)
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