Learning To Be Silent
April 1st 2007 02:34
Category: Oriental Thoughts
The pupils of the Tendai school used to study meditation before Zen entered Japan. Four of them who were intimate friends promised one another to observe seven days of silence.
On first day all were silent. Their meditation had begun auspiciously, but when night came and the oil lamps were growing dim one of the pupils couldn't help exclaiming to a servant: "Fix the lamps." The second pupil was surprised to hear the first one talk. "We are not supposed to say a word," he remarked.
"I am the only one who has not talked," concluded the fourth pupil.
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When one finger points at another, the other four fingers point at ourself..
When one finger points at another, the other four fingers point at ourself..
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