Wednesday, December 31, 2008

Sometimes Zen is Annoying...

My $1 Shop Zen calendar occasionally has quotes that annoy me, like this one:

"What does it matter,
The new year, the old year?
I stretch out my legs
And all alone have a
Quiet sleep."

--Bankei

There is a sense of apathy or disconnect or inertia or "flatness" almost in some Zen writing that gets on my nerves!

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