Sunday, July 22, 2012

Understanding a zen story

Sri Sadgurubhyoh Namah
Mar-22-2012


Dear Prabhu,
 
You told a zen story as below,
Story :
Once a zen master and his disciple were walking on a beach in late evening. Disciple looked at the full moon and exclaimed "what a beautiful moon", then zen master hit him with stick and said "you are spoiling my enjoyment of the moon".
I understood this today.
When we see a beautiful scenary , we feel an elated feeling at the heart center. When we say "moon is beautiful", this feeling is lost/not there when we speak the words. Even a mental appreciation by thinking 'moon is beautful' will get rid of the feeling. Either we can feel or talk. Cant do both.

In guruseva
Atmajyoti

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