In Zen

By johntaiyu



A friend
who's not a Buddhist
said it like this

In Zen, you don't understand it
and then do it

you do it,
and then later
understand.

You sit.
Just sit.

And realize
there's nothing
to figure out
in the first place.

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© 2006 johntaiyu
Published on Thursday, March 2, 2006.     Filed under: "Poetry"
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  • Cassette On Wednesday, December 27, 2017, Cassette (1144)By person wrote:

    maybe this is the piece to the puzzle i am missing.

  • A former member wrote: good work man

  • Mari On Sunday, May 21, 2006, Mari (425)By person wrote:

    i felt that

  • A former member wrote: ooooooooooh, yes, this IS deep. And wonderful. What a perfect mixture of those two. *Evangel*

  • PoeticHellion On Thursday, March 2, 2006, PoeticHellion (191)By person wrote:

    That's deep.

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