Zen Philosophy Comments

Thanks for sharing Zen philosophy. I like to add in my list. Regards

thnq, i got many things clarified...

It's a fine piece Raj. I relate to it because I, myself, have always been inspired by The Great Buddha and, recently, I have cultivated an interest in Zen which is really a practical philosophy: you do - as you have rightly said - have to go into hermitage to mediate. It is all about the here and the now. I recently read a book by Tich Nathan entitled 'Living Buddha Living Christ'. In it one of the monks was asked: Sir, As monks what do you do? The monk replied: 'We eat; we walk; we sleep'. the person replied 'What's so special about that. We all do those things' to which the monk replied: 'When we eat, we eat, when we walk, we walk and when we sleep, we sleep'. I think that you would agree that the philosophy is very well enshrined in these simple words. I really enjoyed your poem which is very well written and very informative. Leonard