Guest guest Posted February 27, 2006 Report Share Posted February 27, 2006 Nisargadatta , annaruiz wrote: >How does one not accept " WHAT IS " ? Seems to me that's the beginning >of the loss of love and a bit craziness--running around in circles. >To accept and move forward is to act--that is beyond both perception >and conceptualization. It is being in the moment, which is all there >ever is. Anna, yes! And for your 2 cents I send you a zen-story: In a village where the great Zen master Hakuin was living, a girl became pregnant. Her father bullied her for the name of her lover and, in the end, to escape punishment she told him it was Hakuin. The father said no more, but when the time came and the child was born, he at once took the baby to Hakuin and threw it down. " It seems that this is your child, " he said, and he piled on every insult and sneer at the disgrace of the affair. Hakuin only said, " Oh, is that so? " and took the baby in his arms. Wherever he went thereafter, he took the baby, wrapped in the sleeve of his ragged robe. During rainy days and stormy nights he would go out to beg milk from the neighboring houses. Many of his disciples, considering him fallen, turned against him and left. And Hakuin said not a word. Meantime, the mother found she could not bear the agony of separation from her child. She confessed the name of the real father, and her own father rushed to Hakuin and prostrated himself, begging over and over for forgiveness. Hakuin said only, " Oh, is that so? " and gave him the child back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 28, 2006 Report Share Posted February 28, 2006 great story! Nisargadatta , " Stefan " <s.petersilge wrote: > > Nisargadatta , annaruiz@ wrote: > > >How does one not accept " WHAT IS " ? Seems to me that's the beginning > >of the loss of love and a bit craziness--running around in circles. > >To accept and move forward is to act--that is beyond both perception > >and conceptualization. It is being in the moment, which is all there > >ever is. > > Anna, yes! And for your 2 cents I send you a zen-story: > > In a village where the great Zen master Hakuin was living, a girl > became pregnant. Her father bullied her for the name of her lover and, > in the end, to escape punishment she told him it was Hakuin. The > father said no more, but when the time came and the child was born, he > at once took the baby to Hakuin and threw it down. " It seems that this > is your child, " he said, and he piled on every insult and sneer at the > disgrace of the affair. > > Hakuin only said, " Oh, is that so? " and took the baby in his arms. > Wherever he went thereafter, he took the baby, wrapped in the sleeve > of his ragged robe. During rainy days and stormy nights he would go > out to beg milk from the neighboring houses. Many of his disciples, > considering him fallen, turned against him and left. And Hakuin said > not a word. > > Meantime, the mother found she could not bear the agony of separation > from her child. She confessed the name of the real father, and her own > father rushed to Hakuin and prostrated himself, begging over and over > for forgiveness. Hakuin said only, " Oh, is that so? " and gave him the > child back. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 28, 2006 Report Share Posted February 28, 2006 one of my favourite stories, as a mother it broke my heart and yet we let go over and over and over again our children and our lives as the scenes in our stories change in endless colours sights sounds feelings and dawning daylight of awakening dreams ;-) Ana > Nisargadatta , annaruiz wrote: > >>How does one not accept " WHAT IS " ? Seems to me that's the beginning >>of the loss of love and a bit craziness--running around in circles. >>To accept and move forward is to act--that is beyond both perception >>and conceptualization. It is being in the moment, which is all there >>ever is. > > Anna, yes! And for your 2 cents I send you a zen-story: > > In a village where the great Zen master Hakuin was living, a girl > became pregnant. Her father bullied her for the name of her lover and, > in the end, to escape punishment she told him it was Hakuin. The > father said no more, but when the time came and the child was born, he > at once took the baby to Hakuin and threw it down. " It seems that this > is your child, " he said, and he piled on every insult and sneer at the > disgrace of the affair. > > Hakuin only said, " Oh, is that so? " and took the baby in his arms. > Wherever he went thereafter, he took the baby, wrapped in the sleeve > of his ragged robe. During rainy days and stormy nights he would go > out to beg milk from the neighboring houses. Many of his disciples, > considering him fallen, turned against him and left. And Hakuin said > not a word. > > Meantime, the mother found she could not bear the agony of separation > from her child. She confessed the name of the real father, and her own > father rushed to Hakuin and prostrated himself, begging over and over > for forgiveness. Hakuin said only, " Oh, is that so? " and gave him the > child back. ** > > If you do not wish to receive individual emails, to change your > subscription, sign in with your ID and go to Edit My Groups: > > /mygroups?edit=1 > > Under the Message Delivery option, choose " No Email " for the Nisargadatta > group and click on Save Changes. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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