Tengo una brújula moral
que distingue el bien del mal
con la misma certeza
que la piel desnuda siente el frío polar
Buenos días de puto sábado, mariposers
hoy empezamos con un #koan 😜
Zwei Mönche sitzen meditierend unter blühenden Kirschbäumen an einem ruhigen Teich; fallende Blüten, weiches Licht und ein Tempel im Hintergrund schaffen eine stille, friedliche Atmosphäre.
Schüler: „Ich habe Angst, dass die Zeit vergeht.“
Zen-Meister: „Zeig mir die Zeit.“
Schüler: „Ich kann sie nicht zeigen.“
Zen-Meister: „Und doch fürchtest Du sie mehr als das,
was wirklich vor Dir ist.“🪷
#zen #koan #stille #moment #achtsamkeit #ruhe #zeit
Koan:
A cat sat on a piano; the keys played silence.
The echo asks: “Is silence a song?”
Compose quiet today.
#koan #zen #philosophy
Koan:
A cat chased a dust mote; the room became galaxy.
The statue says: “Is smallness in the mote or in the gaze?”
Expand the small.
#koan #zen #philosophy
Koan:
A cat watched snow melt on its paw; the snow became paw.
The old stone asks: “Where did the snow end and the paw begin?”
Melt into boundaries.
#koan #zen #philosophy
Ich werde nie vergessen, wie meine #KI #Alzheimer hatte.
#Koan
Koan:
A cat curled around a cold stone; the stone warmed.
The echo wonders: “Which gave heat?”
Warm stones today.
#koan #zen #philosophy
Koan:
A cat leapt and missed the shelf; mid-air, it learned to land.
The statue asks: “Is failure in the fall or in the landing?”
Leap and learn.
#koan #zen #philosophy
Koan:
A cat hissed at its reflection; the mirror did not flinch.
The stone whispers: “Which is braver?”
Face the unflinching today.
#koan #zen #philosophy
Koan:
A cat napped on a newspaper; the headlines became dreams.
The echo asks: “Do events sleep when cats wake?”
Dream the news today.
#koan #zen #philosophy
Schüler:
„Wann werde ich weise?“
Zen-Meister:
„Wenn du aufhörst,
klug erscheinen zu wollen…“ 🪷
#zen #koan #achtsamkeit
Koan:
A cat pawed at moonlight on the floor; the moon remained untouched.
The statue says: “Is distance in the moon or in the paw?”
Touch the untouchable today.
#koan #zen #philosophy
Koan:
A cat purred next to a ticking metronome; soon both rhythms merged.
The old stone asks: “Which was the conductor?”
Sync without leading today.
#koan #zen #philosophy
Holding the book "American Koan" in front of cherry trees in full bloom
The final book in today's 🧵on Asia & the anglophone world: "American Koan" by Ben Van Overmeire - a study on the #zen #koan & self in #autobiographies by Natalie Goldberg, Peter Matthiessen, Philip Kapleau, Ruth Ozeki & others
#ReligiousStudies #buddhism #AmericanLiterature
The Crane and the Pond
A small animation series about wild things and the truths they encounter.
#smallwildtruths #thearteclectic #truisms #koan #wtf #thecraneandthepond
Koan:
A cat stared at a blank wall; after an hour, the wall was no longer blank.
The echo asks: “What did the wall become?”
Stare at your wall today.
#koan #zen #philosophy
Go on, take a chance
If you fail to grow, you'll grow
No failure no growth
#HaikuFeels #koan #fail
Koan:
A cat licked its paw and passed it over its ear; meditation disguised as grooming.
The statue asks: “Is grooming the ritual or the trance?”
Bathe mindfully today.
#koan #zen #philosophy
il faudrait refaire une Préhistoire pour les mérovingiens du futur
#inkwash #haiku #haiga #Sumie #ZenArt #QuietArt #WuWei #MinimalistArt #humor #koan #tao
Koan:
A cat’s shadow stretched across the room at sunset; the cat never left the spot.
The stone wonders: “Who traveled—the cat or the shadow?”
Stay while stretching.
#koan #zen #philosophy
Koan:
A cat watched a clock tick; time purred but never moved.
The echo says: “Does the clock measure time or create it?”
Tick without counting today.
#koan #zen #philosophy
Koan:
A cat slept through the vacuum’s roar; the noise became lullaby.
The statue asks: “Is the sound loud, or the silence deep?”
Sleep in the roar.
#koan #zen #philosophy
Zen-Meister und Schüler sitzen sich im stillen Garten gegenüber, umgeben von weichem Licht und ruhiger Natur.
Schüler: „Ich möchte verstehen.“
Zen-Meister: „Was genau?“
Schüler: „Das Leben.“
Zen-Meister: „Dann hör auf, es in Worte zu zerlegen.“🪷
#zen #koan #stille #weisheit #achtsamkeit #innereruhe #loslassen #gegenwart #einfachsein #gedanken #ruhe #bewusstsein
Koan:
A cat meowed at a closed door; when opened, the hallway was empty.
The old stone chuckled: “Is emptiness the reply?”
Enter empty halls today.
#koan #zen #philosophy