I scratched my dogs belly and she grinned.
I walked away and she looked for a second, put her head down and slept.
I picked up her lead and she stood alert to walk.
This is a Master of Tao, spontaneous, non-attached. With a hairy suit, cute eyes and bad breath.
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
7 comments:
:-D
Wuff!!!
I might post "The Tao Cat" myself! :p
An interesting summary of a Taoist!
My cat is definitely a Yogi, you should see some of the postures she manages to entwine her body into . . . . eye watering!
More like Dogzhen :)
I wondered once if animals have buddha mind or not, like that koan that ends Mu!.
Animals? Consciousness without reflection or self-awareness . . the pineal gland having not been broken by the 'light' of intelligent self-reflection . .
Matter + Life + Consciousness + Self-Awareness = Mankind!
I feel the same about my dog. :-)
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