Lessons from the Budokan.
2010-02-18 12:33:13
Student: Excuse me Sensei, can I ask you a question?
Sensei: Sure, anytime, whats on your mind?
Student? Whats is the path to self realization?
Sensei: Oh... thats a big question, have a seat, are you prepared to hear my answer?
Student: Please, thank you.
Sensei: Well its kinda like this, imagine you have been told that a wonderful treasure exists at the end of a long and difficult journey. Excited by this knowledge you begin your quest for the treasure. It's not long before you find a small jewel lying on the path before you. It's beautiful but it's not the huge treasure you had heard about. Still determined to find that treasure, you toss aside this seemingly insignificant gem and go on with your search. As you continue along the path you find and toss away several other jewels of about the same size. Each is beautiful but you cannot be bothered with carrying around such small jewels when there is a much greater treasure to be found. Finally, you reach the end of your journey and find that there is no great treasure waiting for you.
Suddenly you realize that the treasure you were searching for was really nothing more than the accumulation of all the tiny jewels you found along the way, only now it is impossible to go back and retreive the ones you tossed away.
Student: Osu (in deep thought)
Sensei: Osu
