The Cup is Down
But every morning, he held the cup in his hand for a few seconds and reminded himself: "This glass is already broken." One day a clumsy visitor toppled the glass on its shelf. The cup fell down. When it hit the floor, it was smashed into thousands of tiny pieces. The other visitors gasped in shock, but the Zen master remained calm.
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But in my mind the teacup is already broken.' You'll find this on a lot of blogs (although no books — yet) and I suspect it came from Heartbeats , where Camille introduces the story and then says "This is a story I first heard a few years ago and I refer to it whenever I feel the pull towards becoming too attached to anything or anyone."
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"The cup is already broken" has become a mantra in my life now, encapsulating the truth of impermanence and the value of presence. It is an inevitable reality that everyone and everything we love will someday die, including ourselves. We have no way of knowing when or how, but it is the only thing we can truly know..
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Realizing the cup is already broken. The word "attachment" was only recently used for a Buddhist idea that there is no direct equivalent to in the English language.
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But when I put this glass on the shelf and the wind knocks it over or my elbow brushes it off the table and it falls to the ground and shatters, I say, 'Of course.'. When I understand that the glass is already broken, every moment with it is precious.". "'One day Ajahn Chah held up a beautiful Chinese tea cup, "To me this cup is already.
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It holds my water admirably, sometimes even reflecting the sun in beautiful patterns. If I should tap it, it has a lovely ring to it. But when I put this glass on the shelf and the wind knocks it over or my elbow brushes it off the table and it falls to the ground and shatters, I say, 'Of course.'. When I understand that the glass is.
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By knowing that the cup is already broken… The end is certain. This life of mine is already over. Everyone, everything is here and gone in one breath. And this is what makes life so dear: the precious precariousness of it all. (I've seen this story attributed to several folks - this one is adapted from Mark Epstein in Thoughts without a.
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"For me this glass is already broken. I enjoy it; I drink out of it. It holds my water admirably, sometimes even reflecting the sun in beautiful patterns. If I should tap it, it has a lovely ring to it. But when I put this glass on the shelf and the wind knocks it over or my elbow brushes it off the table and it falls to the ground and.
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Broken glass, broken fingers, broken clocks, broken relationships, broken levees, broken hearts, cracks, cracks in everything.the theme for tonight's Music.
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The Wisdom Of Uncertainty. One day Ajahn Chah held up a beautiful Chinese tea cup, "To me this cup is already broken. Because I know its fate, I can enjoy it fully here and now. And when it's gone, it's gone.". When we understand the truth of uncertainty and relax, we become free. The broken cup helps us see beyond our illusion of control.
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The Five Remembrances. I am subject to aging. There is no way to avoid aging. I am subject to ill health. There is no way to avoid illness. I am going to die. There is no way to avoid death. Everyone and everything that I love will change, and I will be separated from them. My only true possessions are my actions, and I cannot escape their.
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When you understand that this glass is already broken," Chah says, "every minute with it is precious." That's what I try to remind myself with all of these things, especially the ones that really mean something to me: that the cup is already broken. The ring is already lost. The screen on the phone is already cracked.
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One day Ajahn Chah held up a beautiful Chinese tea cup, “To me this cup is already broken. Because I know its fate, I can enjoy it fully here and now. And when it’s gone, it’s gone.â€Â When we understand the truth of uncertainty and relax, we become free. The broken cup helps us see beyond our illusion of control. When we
The Cup is Already Broken
The cup is already broken. The van could run out of fuel. I may not reach eighty. (I may not reach seventy!) But when I accept that the beautiful cup I was gifted this past Christmas will one day be broken, I enjoy its presence in my life to the full now. When we accepted that the van could run out of fuel before we reached town, we appreciated.
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This article is more than 19 years old. As Woodward knows, the cup is already broken. This article is more than 19 years old
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