Trung Nguyen's Obituary
Contemplation on no-coming and no-going by Thich Naht Hahn This body is not me. I am not limited by this body. I am life without boundaries. I have never been born, and I have never died. Look at the ocean and the sky filled with stars, manifestations from my wondrous true mind. Since before time, I have been free. Birth and death are only doors through which we pass, sacred thresholds on our journey. Birth and death are a game of hide and seek. So laugh with me, hold my hand, let us say good-bye, say good-bye, to meet again soon. We meet today. We will meet again tomorrow. We will meet at the source every moment. We meet each other in all forms of life. Extract from ‘Chanting from the Heart (2007)’ by Thich Naht Hahn, Parallax Press. CA The Moon Appears When the Water is Still: Reflections on the Dharma by Ian McCrorie p34; In the jungle hunters place a banana in a bamboo cage. There is a hole just large enough for a monkey’s hand. The monkey reaches in and grabs the banana. Now he can’t extract his hand. He has trapped himself. To go free he must simply let go of the banana. But out of greed and ignorance, he holds tightly to the very cause of his imprisonment. Let go, let go, let go. ----------------- p35; Meditation is a constant letting go.
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