It is for these people, the victims of ignorance, who identify the union of five skandhas as the 'self', and regard all other things as 'not-self'; who crave for individual existence and have an aversion to death; who drift about in the whirlpool of life and death without realizing the hollowness of mundane existence, which is only a dream or an illusion; who commit themselves to unnecessary suffering by binding themselves to the wheel of re-birth; who mistake the state of everlasting joy of Nirvana for a mode of suffering, and who are always after sensual pleasure; it is for these people that the compassionate Buddha preached the real bliss of Nirvana.
- Huineng
Enjoy.
Special to (Q: Can zen solve any problem?) :
u/windDrakeHex : "I used zen once to wash grime off of my counter. My wife complained the whole house smelled of vinegar. I guess when I said zen I mean vinegar. Hope this helps"
u/huanchodaoren : "Solving the problem of seeing problems is a solution and a paradox of language."
u/SurtrDotU, u/Zacajoowea "There's no problem to solve."
u/i-dont-no "What's the problem?"
/u/wanderingronin77 "Not with that Lucky Charms flair of yours."
u/SoulfulPunk "It can stifle your boredom and amuse you."
Submitted November 08, 2018 at 10:25PM by ZaoPing https://ift.tt/2PKnSJY
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