[Craic] I Am Not in Here By Thich Nhat Hanh

[Mr. Gillis]

Non dualism at its best!


Greg


On Tue, Jan 25, 2022 at 8:05 PM Allan Baker via craic <
craic at lists.integralshift.ca> wrote:

> Nice Art!
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> > On Jan 25, 2022, at 7:00 PM, Arthur Blomme via craic <
> craic at lists.integralshift.ca> wrote:
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> > I Am Not in Here
> > By Thich Nhat Hanh
> >
> > I have a disciple in Vietnam who wants to build a stupa for my ashes
> when I die. He and others want to put a plaque with the words, “Here lies
> my beloved teacher.” I told them not to waste the temple land.
> >
> > “Do not put me in a small pot and put me in there” I said. “I don’t want
> to continue like that. It would be better to scatter the ashes outside to
> help the trees to grow.”
> >
> > I suggested that, if they still insist on building a stupa, they have
> the plaque say, “I am not in here.” But in case people don’t get it, they
> could add a second plaque, “I am not out there either.” If still people
> don’t understand, then you can write on the third and last plaque, “I may
> be found in your way of breathing and walking.”
> >
> > This body of mine will disintegrate, but my actions will continue me. In
> my daily life I always practice to see my continuation all around me. We
> don’t need to wait until the total dissolution of this body to continue—we
> continue in every moment.
> >
> > If you think that I am only this body, then you have not truly seen me.
> When you look at my friends, you see my continuation. When you see someone
> walking with compassion, you know he is my continuation.
> >
> > I don’t see why we have to say “I will die,” because I can already see
> myself in you, in other people, and in future generations.
> >
> > Even when the cloud is not there, it continues as snow or rain. It is
> impossible for a cloud to die. It can become rain or ice, but it cannot
> become nothing. The cloud does not need to have a soul in order to
> continue. There’s no beginning and no end. I will never die. There will be
> a dissolution of this body, but that does not mean my death.
> >
> > I will continue, always.
> >
> > Excerpted from Thich Nhat Hanh “At Home in the World: Stories &
> Essential Teachings from a Monk’s Life” (2015)
> >
> >
> >
> >
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