tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512327745848627452.post3472401225335834176..comments2024-03-24T14:25:25.667+01:00Comments on CARPE DIEM HAIKU KAI: Carpe Diem #429, Zentsu-ji (temple 75)Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512327745848627452.post-35496020257702170112014-03-24T19:02:51.422+01:002014-03-24T19:02:51.422+01:00Deep meditative post and haiku my friend. It remin...Deep meditative post and haiku my friend. It reminds me of that beautiful zen story - There was once a group of learned Buddhist monks who spent all their time in scholastic <br />debate. As part of their banter they would often wonder, half-joking, half-seriously, which <br />one of them would attain enlightenment first. Whenever this topic came up, the only thing <br />they could all agree on was that it would not be Stupid, the illiterate monk who was capable <br />only of sweeping the monastery floor and whom nobody has any time for. Of course, it was <br />Stupid who got enlightened first. The jealous monks went to the Abbot. How come Stupid <br />had attained enlightenment first? Had he been overhearing their intellectual conversations? <br />"Not at all," replied the Abbot. "It's just that while he was sweeping the corners of the <br />monastery he made sure he was also sweeping the corners of his mind."PirateGunnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02619759991219830629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512327745848627452.post-65017694229187954912014-03-24T16:38:17.321+01:002014-03-24T16:38:17.321+01:00Two wonderfully informative and fascinating post ~...Two wonderfully informative and fascinating post ~ love the haiku with reference to meditation and silence ~ both very healing ~ Happy Week to you ~ xxx<br />artmusedog and carolcarol l mckennahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06151914466378663660noreply@blogger.com