Thank God for what He has not given you || Acharya Prashant, on Zen (2016)

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Thank God for what He has not given you || Acharya Prashant, on Zen (2016)

The emperor asked Master Gudo, “What happens to a man of enlightenment after death?”

“How should I know?” replied Gudo.

“Because you are a Master”, answered the emperor.

“Yes Sir,” said Gudo, “But not a dead one.”

~ Zen Koan ~

Acharya Prashant: The man of Zen, lives in the fact when it comes to the senses and the mind; and lives in the Truth when it comes to the Self. His mind looks no further than the fact and that is because his mind is seated in the Truth.

Death is never a fact. Death is always an imagination, a concept, something to be encountered, something to be avoided.

Death is always an imagination, a concept, something to be encountered, something to be avoided.

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