EVERY MINUTE ZEN

Good evening bloggers. The Peace of the Lord above be with you. Namaste! Shalom! and Salam! I just would like to share the importance of living always in the present. You might say, ah! it need not be anymore, as we are doing it already. If that is so, then go on and read this story:

"Zen students are with their masters at least ten (10) years before they presume to teach others. Nan-in was visited by Tenno, who having passed his apprenticeship, had become a teacher. The day happened to be rainy, so Tenno wore wooden clogs and carried an umbrella. After greeting him, Nan-in remarked: 'I suppose you left your wooden clogs in the vestibule. I want to know if your umbrella is on the right or left side of the clogs.'

Tenno, confused, had no instant answer. He realinzed that he was unable to carry his Zen every minute. He became Nan-in's pupil, and he studied six more years to accomplish his every minute Zen." (Zen flesh, Zen bones, 101 Zen Stories).

The question now, i propound to you, Do you know now where you left your umbrella, a while ago, is it on the right or left side of the clogs?.......