The Master once said, "Do you see?"
He answered himself, "I see."
He went on, "What do you see?"
On behalf of those present he replied, "A flower."
-Yunmen 256
The corpse flower is a pungent plant that blooms rarely and only for a short time. While it is in bloom, the flower emits a strong odor similar to rotting meat or, aptly, a decaying corpse.
-Google 2020
The teacher said, "Haven't you seen the Flower Ornament doctrine of six characteristics, which states that there is difference in sameness and sameness in difference, and that this is true of all the categories of becoming and decay, totality and distinction?
Although sentient beings and Buddhas have the same one nature, this does not preclude separate individual cultivation and individual attainment. I have never seen that when others eat I am full.
-Treasury of the Eye 313
With all that, I say,
....Ok, bloomer!
Submitted September 25, 2020 at 05:39AM by StinkyProfessor https://ift.tt/3mKcFH3
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