‘There is no need to have any special attitude while drinking tea except one of thankfulness.’
Popchong Sunim
Koan Zen
Morning meditation — Do not gulp the tea but sip it slowly.
‘Do not gulp the tea but sip it slowly allowing its fragrance to fill one’s mouth. There is no need to have any special attitude while drinking except one of thankfulness’
Popchong Sunim
Intimacy and the Buddha’s Smile, by John Aske
But don’t grasp at the smile — or the flower — or even the words, and most of us do, because we love to attach ourselves to things and meanings, and it’s not about things or meanings.
Our bodies are the great universal life
Put your body in order. It will follow naturally that the mind will improve. Mind—body—mind—body—mind . . . Mind and body will always be in harmony.
Buddhism now 