Hakuin's Chant
Apparently chanted daily in many zen monasteries, Hakuin's "Chant in Praise of Zazen" has the following line:-
"[i]Like water and ice, without water no ice."[/i]
(Best heard or chanted while sipping cappuccinos in Costas)
Commentary by Albert Low:-
[i]We live as though we are frozen. Our personality, what we call “myself,” is knowledge, memory, attitudes, beliefs, and judgments, which have become solid, and so have become like the bars of a cage.[/i]
I mentioned Costa's, and love it there. Therapeutic in a way chanting is not. Costa's much preferred to Starbucks, although more expensive. I pay a little more just so no one sticks my misspelt name on my cup, while the ambience is far finer in Costas - even the babies cry in a softer tone.
Ending with a joke, of a guy called Marc who went to Stsrbucks. "Mark with a C" he told the barista, and received his cup with Cark on it.
"[i]Like water and ice, without water no ice."[/i]
(Best heard or chanted while sipping cappuccinos in Costas)
Commentary by Albert Low:-
[i]We live as though we are frozen. Our personality, what we call “myself,” is knowledge, memory, attitudes, beliefs, and judgments, which have become solid, and so have become like the bars of a cage.[/i]
I mentioned Costa's, and love it there. Therapeutic in a way chanting is not. Costa's much preferred to Starbucks, although more expensive. I pay a little more just so no one sticks my misspelt name on my cup, while the ambience is far finer in Costas - even the babies cry in a softer tone.
Ending with a joke, of a guy called Marc who went to Stsrbucks. "Mark with a C" he told the barista, and received his cup with Cark on it.
