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Stories of Wisdom - January 2007

Every Minute Zen

January 9th 2007 17:51

Zen students are with their master at least ten years before they presume to teach others. Nan-in was visited by Tenno, who, having passed his apprenticeship, become a teacher. The day happened to be rainy, so Tenno wore wooden clogs and carried an umbrella. After greeting him, Nan-in remarked: "I suppose you left your wooden clogs in the vestibule. I want to know if your umbrella is on the right or left side of the clogs."
Tenno, confused, had no instant answer. He realized that he was unable to carry his Zen every minute. He became Nan-in pupil, and he studied six more years to accomplish his every-minute Zen.
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January 9th 2007 18:11

Stories of Wisdom
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Mindfulness is the path to the deathless;
Heedlessness is the path to death;
The mindful do not die;
But the heedless are as if dead already.

Dhammapada 21

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