Mr Cheese
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thoughts?
A Master saw a disciple who was very zealous in meditation. The Master said: Virtuous one, what is your aim in practicing Zazen (meditation)?
The disciple said: My aim is to become a Buddha.
Then the Master picked up a tile and began to polish it on a stone in front of the hermitage.
The disciple said: What is the Master doing?
The Master said: I am polishing this tile to make it a mirror.
The disciple said: How can you make a mirror by polishing a tile?
The Master replied: How can you make a Buddha by practic­ing Zazen?"
A Master saw a disciple who was very zealous in meditation. The Master said: Virtuous one, what is your aim in practicing Zazen (meditation)?
The disciple said: My aim is to become a Buddha.
Then the Master picked up a tile and began to polish it on a stone in front of the hermitage.
The disciple said: What is the Master doing?
The Master said: I am polishing this tile to make it a mirror.
The disciple said: How can you make a mirror by polishing a tile?
The Master replied: How can you make a Buddha by practic­ing Zazen?"