 Drink tea when you are thirsty, eat food in your hunger. Rise with dawn, and sleep when the sun sets. But your trouble will begin when you let desire act freely; you have to soar above all personal desire.  The Story of Yoné Noguchi - Stran 222avtor: Yoné Noguchi - 1914 - 254 straniCelotni ogled - O knjigi
 | 1911 - 826 strani
...Buddhism. And I repeated: "The law of the world and man, for a sage as well as for the common people, should not be forced to be understood; let it be as...dawn, and sleep when the sun sets. But your trouble shall begin when you let your will act freely; you have to soar above your personal desire. You might... | |
 | Yoshinobu Hakutani - 2006 - 262 strani
...should not allow oneself to control action. "Drink tea when you are thirsty," writes Yone Noguchi, "eat food in your hunger. Rise with dawn, and sleep...freely; you have to soar above all personal desire" (Noguchi, Story 242). This tenet of Zen, which teaches the followers to emulate nature, was one of... | |
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