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30.09.1997 - Interpretation of dali48
One day a master has just taken his place, when a bird began to sing outside. The master did not speak a word, and everyone listened to the bird - When his song fell silent, the Master merely announced that the sermon was finished - and went away... (A. Watts)
Let the serene mind be free, and not cling to the things of the earth - As the lotus flower rises up sweet and unpolluted from the mud, my meditation shall be - though I live in this world of deception...
The first bite is to destroy any evil... - The second is to do every good thing... - The 3rd is to spare all sentient beings... - May each of us reach the path of Buddhism... (A. Watts, Zen Community)
5 meditations on the food:
1 Let us remember of our own work, let us see, from where comes the offered food...
2 Let us consider how imperfect our virtue is, and whether we deserve this meal...
3 That it is most important to restrain our mind and get rid of the many mistakes...
4 That this meal is medicinal and destined to keep the body healthy...
5 That in order to achieve the goal, to take this food...
Latecomers are admonished by the fact that a monk is beating a flat wooden gong bearing the inscription: birth and death - a serious event. How transient life is...
Pay attention to every minute... - because time stands still for no one... (A. Watts)
Alan Wilson Watts (6 January 1915 – 16 November 1973) was a British-American philosopher .... While Watts was noted for an interest in Zen Buddhism, his reading and discussions delved into Vedanta, "the new physics", cybernetics, ...
Died: 16 November 1973 (aged 58); Mount Ta...
Notable work: The Way of Zen (1957)
Born: Alan Wilson Watts; 6 January 1915; Chis...
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