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A Zen student once asked his teacher, "Master, what is enlightenment?" The master replied, "When hungry, eat. When tired, sleep."
by khafra 17y ago
A Zen student once asked his teacher, "Master, what is enlightenment?"
The master replied, "When hungry, eat. When tired, sleep."
- bitwize 17y agoCounterpoint: "Before enlightenment, chop wood, carry water. After enlightenment, chop wood, carry water." There are plenty of things you just have to do if you want them to get done, enlightened being or not.
- unalone 17y agoCountercounterpoint: "There are two ways to wash the dishes. You can wash the dishes so the dishes or clean. You can also wash the dishes to watch the dishes." The moral I got from your koan when I first read it is what the difference is not in reality, but in the mind. That doesn't mean working when you don't feel like working. It means feel like working, or don't work.