A Buddhist story concerning a broken teacup, and ephemerality....this sounds familiar, but the version I am remembering is Zen, and had a somewhat different conclusion. Let me see if google can help...
/me googles "drink from the cup as if it is already broken."
The first result, from everything2.net, is where I read this. But the koan mentioned in that write-up seems like it could be slightly different. Does the conclusion, however, match with your memory?
strange.....oh, wait! I don't think I used the quotes.
here's the link: everything2.net/index.pl?node_id1005188
Is anyone here familiar with everything2.net? It's a fascinating website to browse--set up on the same sort of premise as, say, wikipedia, but the parts of it that I find fascinating tend to be like the above: people's commentaries or reviews or recipes to make the perfect chocolate mousse. There are stories and dream journals and all kinds of stuff...
It's also designed, in a sense, for browsing. You'll see what I mean when ze link is clicked.
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Re: tea cup
Date: 2006-04-12 07:26 pm (UTC)/me googles "drink from the cup as if it is already broken."
The first result, from everything2.net, is where I read this. But the koan mentioned in that write-up seems like it could be slightly different. Does the conclusion, however, match with your memory?
Re: tea cup
Date: 2006-04-12 11:08 pm (UTC)Googling that phrase, in quotes, brings up zero search results. Would you mind linking to the everything2.net page in particular?
Re: tea cup
Date: 2006-04-13 02:57 pm (UTC)here's the link: everything2.net/index.pl?node_id1005188
Is anyone here familiar with everything2.net? It's a fascinating website to browse--set up on the same sort of premise as, say, wikipedia, but the parts of it that I find fascinating tend to be like the above: people's commentaries or reviews or recipes to make the perfect chocolate mousse. There are stories and dream journals and all kinds of stuff...
It's also designed, in a sense, for browsing. You'll see what I mean when ze link is clicked.