Origin of Zen ~

Posted by Maverick ~ on April 23, 2017

Posted in: Flowers, Inspiration, Music, Nature, Photography. Tagged: Buddha, Elkhart Tolle, peony, silent sermon, Snatam Kaur - Aadays Tisai Aadays, zen.

Buddha is said to have given a "silent sermon" once during which he held up a flower and gazed at it. After a while, one of those present, a monk called Mahakasyapa, began to smile. He is said to have been the only one who had understood the sermon. According to legend, that smile (that is to say, realization) was handed down by twenty-eight successive masters and much later became the origin of Zen. -- Eckhart Tolle

17 comments on “Origin of Zen ~”

Colors of my life on April 23, 2017 at 5:53 am said:

Beautiful

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- Maverick ~ on April 23, 2017 at 8:01 pm said:
  
  Thank you. 🙂
  
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Miriam on April 23, 2017 at 5:56 am said:

Wonderful post

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- Maverick ~ on April 23, 2017 at 8:01 pm said:
  
  Thanks Miriam. 🙂
  
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Fannie Frankfurter on April 23, 2017 at 8:52 am said:

Lovely words, and as usual gorgeous flowers.

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- Maverick ~ on April 23, 2017 at 8:02 pm said:
  
  I appreciate it, thanks Fannie. 🙂
  
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David on April 23, 2017 at 6:20 pm said:

Nice flowers. I didn’t get the sermon and still don’t know the sound of one hand clapping let alone if that tree that fell in the woods with no one around made a sound.

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- Maverick ~ on April 23, 2017 at 8:03 pm said:
  
  Thanks David. Sounds like you’re on the right path and soon you may be writing a book of empty pages. 🙂
  
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  - David on April 23, 2017 at 9:57 pm said:
    
    Actually I have started writing it. Problem is I printed out 52 pages to manually edit and accidentally dropped them. Having a devil of a time trying to get them back in the correct order.
    
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JoAnna on April 23, 2017 at 8:42 pm said:

🙂

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cat9984 on April 24, 2017 at 12:28 pm said:

Wonder if there’s a way get that message viral?

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- Maverick ~ on April 24, 2017 at 8:00 pm said:
  
  Ha, perhaps with a motorcycle. 😀
  
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serotoninvoid on May 11, 2017 at 12:17 am said:

your page is great!

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- Maverick ~ on May 11, 2017 at 5:29 am said:
  
  Very kind, thank you.
  
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KindasFolk on June 15, 2017 at 12:39 pm said:

The origin of zen, letting go with a smile 🙂

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- Maverick ~ on June 15, 2017 at 9:33 pm said:
  
  Always a smile 🙂
  
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