There is a story that the Buddha once declined to give any teaching but merely showed his disciples a flower. Most of the disciples were baffled but one just smiled. This was the one who went on to be the founder of Zen Buddhism.
Wisdom, in fact, surpasses in mobility all that moves, and being so pure pervades and permeates all things.
Wisdom 7:24
SOS, save our souls, for all things created by man by foul means or fair do not possess wisdom, look alikes, clones, manufactured images and idealogies, money generated icons covering a very thin plastic vaneer. Woe and folly say they in the know, woe and folly. Spirit to spirit, heart to heart…
This reminds me of an old story, stating that Buddhism in its early days was transmitted by the offering of a flower to a person.
By: Hennie on March 9, 2012
at 1:26 pm
There is a story that the Buddha once declined to give any teaching but merely showed his disciples a flower. Most of the disciples were baffled but one just smiled. This was the one who went on to be the founder of Zen Buddhism.
By: Jenny on March 9, 2012
at 2:02 pm
This beautiful picture and quotation has inspired me on this beautiful spring morning.
By: morgana2010 on March 12, 2012
at 10:28 am
Wisdom, in fact, surpasses in mobility all that moves, and being so pure pervades and permeates all things.
Wisdom 7:24
SOS, save our souls, for all things created by man by foul means or fair do not possess wisdom, look alikes, clones, manufactured images and idealogies, money generated icons covering a very thin plastic vaneer. Woe and folly say they in the know, woe and folly. Spirit to spirit, heart to heart…
By: Angie on March 12, 2012
at 11:04 pm