every moment
is an opportunity -
turn it all around
sit up, back straight
shoulders back, head up -
pour the tea
when you brew yourself,
pour yourself, drink yourself -
this is zazen
I catch myself
writing about zazen -
steam from the teapot
(i) A favourite film, Vanilla Sky, while being a lot of fun, has some zen in it - especially this phrase, spoken by one of the main characters.
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(iii) This is not abstract silliness, but a very straightforward haiku that has the spirit of drinking the glass of water. Zazen is not reading about zen, but about brewing the tea - easy enough, right?
(iv) My favourite, by far, were I to be permitted favourites. I have written this haiku several times. I toyed with deleting the previous three, and leaving this on its own, but this comment will suffice.
Nice post! Thanks for sharing.
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