Friday, 30 April 2010

So stop and consider

Not desiring to awaken to truth, is to awaken to truth.

Of course this does not mean than the average person is awake to truth: but this is important indeed for the seeker to comprehend.

 

2 comments:

Zero said...

Precisely. I guess the quote to sum it up would be:

"Before i studied Zen, the mountains were mountains and the rivers were rivers. When i was studying Zen, the mountains were not mountains and the rivers not rivers. Now i know Zen, the mountains were mountains again and the rivers rivers."

Cant remember which Zen master wrote this (Hui Neng?) but its beautiful, isnt it?

Ta Wan said...

Hi Zero.

Yes a great quote indeed and with deeper and deeper meaning each step of the path.