Morning Coffee

With palms together,

 

Good Morning Sangha,

 

I pour the coffee.

I cannot pour the coffee.

I just pour the coffee.

 

Depending on your understanding, each statement makes sense or doesn't make sense.

 

We should not mistake our words for true nature. Words are just thoughts as sound. We live with words.  They assist us to communicate.  Yet they often distort or destroy our communication. Coffee is not coffee.  Pouring is not pouring.  Yet coffee is coffee and pouring is pouring.

 

Our practice assists us in not mistaking coffee for coffee. Our practice helps us see coffee as coffee.

 

Clear Mind Zen. Soto Zen. Rinzai Zen. Korean Zen. Vietnamese Zen. Chinese Zen.  Words.  All the same or different?

 

If you say they are the same you are mistaken.  If you say they are different, you are mistaken.

 

Just pour the coffee.

 

A deep bow,      

May All Beings Be Free From Suffering

So Daiho-roshi
On the web at http://www.daihoji.org/ and http://daihoji.blogspot.com/

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