Matajuro was told never to speak of fencing and never to touch a sword. If before you yourself die you son should die, this would grieve you greatly. If heads comes, we will win; if tails, we will lose. 0000038532 00000 n It was then that she desired to study Zen. Then gradually he turned more and more to the feeling of the waves. Modesty is the foundation of all virtues. A student once asked him: If I havent anything in my mind, what shall I do?. Years passed and, still carrying her Buddha, the nun came to live in a small temple in a country where there were many Buddhas, each one with its own particular shrine. A merchant bearing fifty rolls of cotton goods on his shoulders stopped to rest from the heat of the day beneath a shelter where a large stone Buddha was standing. VISION (08.17.22) 1700 Vision(CVN17) Accessories Battery charger, 2 bank (100-3278) Battery charger, 3 bank (100-3279) Fire extinguisher (100-5912) In the evening she considered the deepest koans, You see, observed Bankei, you are obeying me and I think you are a very gentle person. She delayed doing so until almost half a year had passed. In vain Toyo meditated to hear the sound of one hand. Who will teach him if I do not? O-nami sat in meditation trying to imagine himself as waves. Examples of popular Zen kans. All desire to steal had vanished. Eight years later he returned to his former pupils, enlightened. Several months later he went to Yamaoka and said: Please give me the opportunity to tell you the story., Encho was keenly disappointed. If your style isn't in the list, you can start a free trial to access over 20 additional styles from the Perlego eReader. Then he opened his hand flat in her face and asked: Suppose it were always like that. What help could you be to me?, Ikkyu answered: If you think you really come and go, that is your delusion. Of the 1700 kan s, you could spend a lifetime attempting to consider all of them (and perhaps another lifetime choosing where to start). Come over to my left side., No, said Bankei, we may talk better if you are on the right side. One child, going to obtain vegetables each morning, would meet the other on the way. 0000014597 00000 n Once a division of the Japanese army was engaged in a sham battle, and some of the officers found it necessary to make their headquarters in Gasans temple. It is overfull. The emperor, observing how worn his garments were, gave Yamaoka some money to buy new ones. When Ryonen was about to pass from this world, she wrote another poem: Sixty-six times have these eyes beheld the changing New York City Revolt of Enslaved People: On April 6, the New York City revolt of enslaved people begins. Ninguno de los 1700 koans del zen tiene otro propsito que no sea el ver nuestro Rostro Original. 0000031569 00000 n One night he came in tears to Suiwo. He fled, the tiger after him. The merchant recovered his goods, and the cotton rolls were returned to the people. But Banzo confirmed the fathers judgment. If I say no, I would be contradicting a fact which many understand quite well., On another day the emperor asked Gudo: Where does the enlightened man go when he dies?. 910 pages. The following day, when Matajuro was cooking rice, Banzo again sprang upon him unexpectedly. Nan-in, a Japanese master during the Meiji era (1868-1912), received a university professor who came to inquire about Zen. I am Gudo of Kyoto and I am going on to Edo, replied the Zen master. So Gudo beat the floor with his hand as if to awaken him, and the emperor was enlightened! Fulfilling his lifes work, he left a great teaching, far richer than that of most Zen masters. If you understand that much, finished Mokusen, you are a good wife. Then he left. 0000004570 00000 n The letters are unusually large, and those who appreciate calligraphy always admire them as being a mastepiece. Now cut off my head, said Zenkai. ;~FVN 0 Ll endstream endobj 54 0 obj <> endobj 55 0 obj <> endobj 56 0 obj [/ICCBased 87 0 R] endobj 57 0 obj <> endobj 58 0 obj <>stream The man was utterly ashamed. Do this and you will be the greatest wrestler in the land.. Finally Tangen asked an elder brother to coax permission from Sengai. His teacher had passed away without realizing his wish to build a temple, and Gessen wished to complete this temple for him. No more will go in!, Like this cup, Nan-in said, you are full of your own opinions and speculations. My husband is a gambler and a drunkard, the housewife told him. Four of them who were intimate friends promised one another to observe seven days of silence. After he had helped for more than a year, he came to admire Zenkais strong will and character. Ask him where he is going if there is no wind, suggested the teacher. At last she went to the master Inzan. Encho was a famous storyteller. You dunce! the master scolded him. So please recite sutras just for her.. Addressing the one who had written to her, she said: If you really love me so much, come and embrace me now.. Who are you? I just wished to give him one last smack over the head, for when he returns he will be enlightened and I will not be able to reprimand him again.. The books were to be printed with wood blocks in an edition of seven thousand copies, a tremendous undertaking. 0000011084 00000 n One of them used to arise at night, climb over the temple wall, and go to town on a pleasure jaunt. Ekido had become a severe teacher. Just now I cannot show it to you, replied the other. Bringing koans to the West: Daiun Harada and Kuon Yamada 1907-1989 Ancestor Kuon Yamada & Kazue Myoen Yamada. 2014:170-200 by Beatrix MECSI Download Free PDF View PDF Kyngh Sngu and the Existential Dimensions of Modern Korean Buddhism by Jin Y Park Download Free PDF View PDF The Philosophy of Zen Master Dgen: Egoless Perspectivism by Bret W Davis Download Free PDF View PDF What can I do?, I will help him, said Gudo. They often recount an encounter between master and disciple, where the masters response or question is said to reveal the deep nature of things as they are. Let one of you inscribe my last words.. It can be like an ear wormit seizes you and won't go away. The next day he did not eat, nor the next. By resolving a koan, that is to say encompassing the example/dictate/question with ones understanding, small mind is slowly or suddenly stretched and awakened into Big Mind. He used to say: There are three kinds of disciples: those who impart Zen to others, those who maintain the temples and shrines, and then there are the rice bags and the clothes-hangers., Gasan expressed the same idea. Only let me finish this work. The two major collections are the Pi-yen lu (Chinese: "Blue Cliff Records"; Japanese: Hekigan-roku), consisting of 100 koans selected and commented on by a Chinese priest, Yan-wu, in 1125 on the basis . If nothing exists, inquired Dokuon, where did this anger come from?. document. Then we will get someone else, replied Gasan. Huayan. A few days afterwards the fellow was caught and confessed, among others, the offense against Shichiri. It happened that at that time the Uji Rive overflowed. Where are you going? asked the first child. Usually they cut a finger and seal their resolution with blood. Gessen was an artist monk. Ryokan had to travel a long way to visit his nephew, whom he had not seen for many years. I happened to be caught in the rain and your wife kindly asked me to remain here for the night. His home was the abode of vagabonds. Koans, when e ff ective, are said to trigger a sudden awakening that is like the sun bursting through the clouds on a dreary day or a hammer smashing through solid rock. 0000039482 00000 n What is the sound of one hand? She received training just as the little boys did. Umezu gave Seisetsu the sack of gold, but he was dissatisfied with the attitude of the teacher. Tell her that she knows so much you can hide nothing from her, and that if she will answer you one question, you promise to break your engagement and remain single.. hb``Pf``e`c`% ,K70, N)+TSf*$~^mVH44,--@\&P(d000/:"33I0.g00-c While they were building the fire, Hogen heard them arguing about subjectivity and objectivity. 1700 Vision Overall Length Boat/Motor/Trailer Length Boat/Motor/Trailer Width Boat/Motor/Trailer Height Page 1 / 3. 0000025397 00000 n He took the clothes and slunk away. This site is worth the time it takes to explore. She became acutely aware of the impermanency of life in this world. Suppose my fist were always like that. What became of the new clothes, Yamaoka? asked the emperor. After Kakua visited the emperor he disappeared and no one knew what became of him. Modern Zen teachings in Japan spring from the lineage of a famous master who was the successor of Gudo. He pushed forward the medicine cup a few inches. But so accurate was the tea-masters sense of proportion that it was not until the carpenter reached the identical spot again that its location was approved. Kusuda pondered this problem of Mu (No-Thing) for two years. At last a sentance of seven years was completed, and Shunkai was released from the prison, where the sixty-year-old warden also had become enamored of her. This term is most apt to describe what needs to happen to the practitioner who has been graced with a glimpse of the world of Emptiness. Lifting her in his arms, he carried her over the mud. He will give you the same answer, and then you ask him: Suppose you have no feet, then where are you going? That will fix him.. As they walked together down a mountain road, they stopped under a tree to rest. She passed away when she was still exquisitely beautiful and hardly thirty years old. We had better put them back., The day they did, the teacher worked and ate the same as before. Let me see you off and carry your things a little way.. The Buddhist nun known as Ryonen was born in 1797. It read: To Ikkyu: hUkgNkDCNv2;kH41gQLFMxcASQ nI~_K|CO^6df~?3@_= :7h{b^^jVRWj81>kmo$n%nk|c1c}Xabyues,a~)LcEp:.XKxC*}]n:yaG+v~{xrV05_e7omI~p_7oWk -qG,=}NH(1;'PVrD6xa[C'lvvzv6wOgsxV_0\'zd8SzbDeJNHZ)Wk,jEQ!0KZ/P!Ll/ksi1cHE(1S) 5^u?bBd%iZ6,3y,%gMGQqGH1}=d>*,d(JSD! I received your Zen without writing and am satisfied with it as it is., I know that, said Mu-nan. I am going to keep him here even if all the rest of you leave.. Yet there are many more gates for her to pass through. The effort to solve a koan is intended to exhaust the analytic intellect and the egoistic will, readying the mind to entertain an appropriate response on the intuitive level. Then he ran away with the wife. Day and night the whole temple stood in silence. 0000031284 00000 n No, no, said Mokurai. The tiger sniffed at him from above. 0000011841 00000 n Hakuo refused her for the same reason, saying that her beauty would only make trouble. The son grew tired of doing nothing and began to help with the digging. When he was getting very old, a friend helped him earn his living without begging. After Shoju had completed his study of Zen, Mu-nan called him into his room. Toyo bowed and went to his room to consider this problem. Meditation is the key to everything. Then the impolite wretch held up three fingers, suggesting that between us we only have three eyes. In this way, Yamaoka imparted Zen to Encho. I have a neighbor who is rough and mean to me. One might live a whole year on three ryo, and the merchant had not even been thanked for five hundred. Your face looks like that of a beggar., Nobushige became so angry that he began to draw his sword, but Hakuin continued: So you have a sword! The World Honored One Points To The Ground 7. She should receive still more blows from my iron fist. Now it's light, why would I need a candle? 1.3 x: p5D endstream endobj 59 0 obj <>stream . Please take my clothes as a gift.. It has been passed down from master to master for seven generations. The master, who was well skilled in his art, saw at a glance the warriors intention, so he invited Kato to leave his sword outside before entering the room for the ceremony, explaining the Cha-no-yu represents peacefulness itself. It can be very difficult for people in Western culture to be silent. 0000090150 00000 n Shichiri told him: Do not disturb me. I will take it.. Before he would start a drawing or painting he always insisted upon being paid in advance, and his fees were high. She looked at it long and carefully. He had no desire to call himself a Zen master or to gather many disciples about him. Come on, girl said Tanzan at once. If it were, you could show it to me at any time. Knowing of a dangerous road over a cliff that had caused the death and injury of many persons, he resolved to cut a tunnel through the mountain there. I look upon the finest silken robes as tattered rags. In the latter, she would beckon to the pupils to come behind her screen. Some of the commentaries have links to the appropriate site. When the wanderer returned, not knowing that Sengai was the stool, he put his feet on the masters head and jumped down into the grounds. Since that time the cutting of harp strings has always been a sign of intimate friendship. 0000037885 00000 n An Old Woman Near Taizan 13. I perceive the teachings of the world to be the illusion of magicians. I did not cancel my permission, said Sengai. When Bankei held his seclusion-weeks of meditation, pupils from many parts of Japan came to attend. 0000002228 00000 n He immediately reported the matter to the police. When it was completed he asked the highest sum of his time. Any descriptive response, yes/no response, or this/that response will be rejected. He did not travel while he was there. by Secret of Zen | Aug 31, 2019 | Koans | 0 comments. Have the fearless attitude of a hero and the loving heart of a child. Koans are NOT answered. Any analysis is a waste of time, and at best will produce an intellectual or a pseudo-Zen response. Those who rejected Shunkai, those who slandered and hated her, now read of her life with tears of remorse. You are too young.. 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After he had finished his prison term, the man went to Shichiri and became his disciple. The navigation on the right hand side of each page helps you to find this stuff. Koan practice is a form of practice that requires the supervision of a recognized teacher who has himself or herself gone through this rigorous training. During the Kamakura period, Shinkan studied Tendai six years and then studied Zen seven years; then he went to China and contemplated Zen for thirteen years more. Mokurai had to go outside to see his disciple. 0000005149 00000 n Can you make me obey you?. After greeting him Nan-in remarked: I suppose you left your wodden clogs in the vestibule. Her brothers in the sub-temple of Kennin praised her sincerity. He meditated again. But what about those persons who kill time, what about those who are destroying wealth, and those who destroy political economy? It is a port of the prior koans with some modifications to highlight lisp-specific features. With a promise that she might become a nun after she had borne three children, Ryonen assented. This made her parents angry. In the former case, she would server them graciously. Making my way in this world. In this predicament the warrior realized he could not very well kill the tea-master, so he gave up the idea. Its the core of the koans we draw on, and someone undertaking formal koan study would make their way through these collections a koan at a time. Bankei would not answer. Yes, I am glad too, Shoun responded. Answer (1 of 10): I went to my master once. In this way and that I tried to save the old pail 0000015941 00000 n I will give you my life willingly, said Zenkai. Everything in my shop is the best, replied the butcher. Not until another discovered through his own need that a real master was at hand was it learned hat the teaching had been imparted, and even then the occasion arose quite naturally and the teaching made its way in its own right. Will you help me tie the string of my straw sandal?. 1. Soon the wife passed away. She told him exactly what had transpired between himself and his new sweetheart. She wrote her own story in a futile endeavour to support herself and some of it she told to a women writer. Hey, Zen teacher! he called out. An old tree grows on a cold rock in winter, replied the monk somewhat poetically. In time the vow has become a mere formality, and for this reason the pupil who died by the hand of Ekido was made to appear a martyr. That is not the sound of one hand. When both hands are clapped a sound is produced; listen to the sound of one hand clapping (1). gedZ4q)cn%>"LL32aT`y*C1'Fl02Lbdledd33cq+b>G@z iF ` = endstream endobj 48 0 obj <>>> endobj 49 0 obj <>/ExtGState<>/Font<>/ProcSet[/PDF/Text/ImageC]/XObject<>>>/Rotate 0/TrimBox[0.0 0.0 603.0 783.0]/Type/Page>> endobj 50 0 obj <> endobj 51 0 obj <> endobj 52 0 obj <> endobj 53 0 obj <>stream Later, after this marriage had ended, she attended the university, where she studied philosophy. Such a matter would concern only a stupid person like yourself, answered Eshun. Whoever said that is not far from Buddhahood.. 0000012519 00000 n Ask your teacher again., Oh, is that Kitagaki? exclaimed the teacher when he saw the card. At last in Kyoto she became a real student of Zen. The thief was bewildered. In all my experience, however, Bankeis voice was always sincere. The matter was reported to Bankei with the request that the culprit be expelled. But when the master himself found the snakes head in his bowl, he summoned the cook. The man thanked him and made off. So wrote Fritjof Capra, whose book "The Tao of Physics" became a best seller in 1975 and has now been issued in 43 editions and published in 23 languages. You have your own treasure house. Ordinarily when I hear someone congratulate another upon his happiness or success, I also hear a secret tone of envy. Kame, whose father before her had been such an artist, was fond of drinking. I call this real prosperity.. Conteuse FanFiction. Destiny holds us in her hand.. I am going wherever the wind blows, answered the other. It will unconditionally squander the time. Each such exercise constitutes both a communication of some aspect of Zen experience and a test of the novices competence. Drawn by such a filthy mind, his work is not fit to exhibit. Very well. Spiritual teachers have always had to offer words of comfort to those who are dying or suffering with illnesses. Let me give you a koan. He presented Kusuda with Joshus Mu to work over, which is the first mind-enlightening problem in the book called The Gateless Gate. The first line contains the initial phrase; the second line, the continuation of that phrase; the third line turns from this subject and begins a new one; and the fourth line brings the first three lines together. Eshun did not reply. There is no relaization, no delusion, no sage, no mediocrity. Everything in this life is impermanent, he explained. Then he returned to the northeastern part of Japan, where he taught his disciples. Samadhi is the condition of ones mind when all the silt and ripples (ideas, thoughts, feelings, judgments) have quieted and the mind has become clear, calm, clean, naturally reflective and free-flowing in this moment. His name was Shoju. Koans are an ancient method for addressing the question of who we are The basic assumption behind koans is that everybody has a light inside them, even before they try to improve themselves. I wish you would stop this lecture business. He advised them to disperse and to go wherever they desired. The man was delighted. There was no sound at all. The next day the children met a third time. Relate the dialogue to me, said the elder one. So, instead of building a temple for Gudo, the lord built it for Daigu and studied Zen with him. We children asked him why he did it and he told us: I go to dreamland to meet the old sages just as Confucius did. When Confucius slept, he would dream of ancient sages and later tell his followers about them. Moreover, wherever she went, she herself fell in love with others. I do not need a lantern, he said. His father, believing that his sons work was too mediocre to anticipate mastership, disowned him. So the son awaited the day. Thinking of his future, he was sad. Did you ever consider that?. Thangka Wikipdia. In the morning when the husband awoke he had forgotten about the previous night. Mokusen Hiki was living in a temple in the province of Tamba. I will try it. A few days later he met the young lady on the street and thanked her for her hospitality. This line was one line short of the customary four, so the disciple said: Master, we are one line short.. A rich man asked Sengai to write something for the continued prosperity of his family so that it might be treasured from generation to generation. The other teacher, Tanzan, a professor of philosophy at the Imperial University, never observed the precepts. Even so, this work has been carried from master to master for seven generations, so you may keep it as a symbol of having received the teaching. Thinking Through Zen Koans.pdf. In modern Japan whatever zeal these priests have lost for Buddhism they seemed to have gained for having wives. 758 0 obj <>/Filter/FlateDecode/ID[<32306133333863366430396539636365326230343866383335396166326265343936653231636637376130393430306639636666663238373637316362366436><114AC41A806BC842ACFB251C9D344D9E>]/Index[753 7]/Info 752 0 R/Length 37/Prev 1020876/Root 754 0 R/Size 760/Type/XRef/W[1 2 0]>>stream I need some to pay taxes with tomorrow.. In yielding the child, all he said was: Is that so?. Sengai removed the stool and stood there in its place. - 1686-1700 . ; Out of nowhere, the mind comes forth (2). Suppose you cannot find anyone? continued Tekisui. 0000027524 00000 n Gasan remained, saying: A poor disciple utilizes a teachers influence. His teacher had a precious teacup, a rare antique. 0000005260 00000 n Bassui wrote the following letter to one of his disciples who was about to die: The essence of your mind is not born, so it will never die. $ ./createKoans.sh After the Maven project is created, open in IntelliJ and import the pom.xml le into a new project. trailer <]/Prev 243210>> startxref 0 %%EOF 118 0 obj <>stream His pupils used to sleep in the daytime during midsummer, and while he overlooked this he himself never wasted a minute. He requested time to study. He was able to understand the potency of emptiness, the viewpoint that nothing exists except in its relationship of subjectivity and objectivity. Sometimes when he becomes thoroughly drunk he does not come home at all. Then he announced to the people about him: The funeral ceremony is over. Hogen, a Chinese Zen teacher, lived alone in a small temple in the country. Kakua stood before the emperor in silence. You rascal, he told Encho. But his teacher commented: You are not in yet.. You can find the money in that drawer. Then he resumed his recitation. The koan system enables the Zen teacher to test the individual students understanding of Zen, not intellectually, but as it applies to the students own life. There is no giving and nothing to be received.. All day she observed it. You will need no more. In the morning she found herself in the hands of the police. So on the forth visit he complained: My friend told me that when one learns Zen one loses his fear of death. Why do you search outside? Baso asked. Such a burner is a work of art to be used only in a tearoom or before a family shrine. She also smoked and associated with men most of the time. In great anger the parent went to the master. Our schoolmaster scolded us. Your former wife became a ghost and knows everything you do, commented the master. So Kitano resorted to the prescience of I-King, which also teaches the art of divination, to determine whether or not his letter had miscarried. he asked a carpenter to help him, directing the man to place it a little higher or lower, to the right or left, until he had found exactly the right spot. His attendant presented the card of the governor, which read: Kitagaki, Governor of Kyoto. The second pupil was surprised to hear th first one talk. In python true and false are represented by the keywords True and False. Find instructions on how to download and run them below. lets-talk-about-superlatives-fun-activities-games_4138.doc. Gudo was the emperors teacher of his time. Every time Tangen suggested it, Sengai would give him a rap on the head. A soldier may kill with his sword, Nan-in smiled and patted the doctor. His name was Mu-nan, the man who never turned back. There he fell asleep, and when he awoke his goods had disappeared. Until at last the bottom fell out. I am glad to see you have returned, son, he answered for his mother. You may bury the body.. You ought to know why. How can I ever repay you for this wonderful teaching! Now as a homeless mendicant I burn my face to Why do you flatter thi blockhead? View the PDF here. But now everyone looked upon her as a jailbird. Meditating constantly, he lived on a remote part of a mountain. He would ask foolish questions of Mokurai, have tea, and then go away. Proudly the priest pushed his way through the crowd to the teacher. Nowhere is there any warmth.. It would be better if you died. I cannot tell you what it is, the friend replied, but one thing is certain. Inasmuch as the nephew had taken Ryokans place in managing the family estate and the property was in danger of being dissipated, the relatives asked Ryokan to do something about it. Take good care of yourself. Then Ryokan left, never mentioning a word about the courtesan or the complaints of the relatives. The mayor of Nagasaki once requested Kame to design an incense burner for him. We are soldiers of humanity, aiming to save all sentient beings.. Why didnt you give the rest of the water to the plants? One of the rolls of cloth which the people brought was quickly recognized by the merchant as his own, and thus the thief was easily discovered. enter a Zen temple. Koan is a Japanese word that comes from the Chinese, kung-an, literally public notice, or public announcement. He knew that he would win, but his soldiers were in doubt. Bankei was in the midst of a talk when the priest appeared, but the fellow made such a disturbance that bankei stopped his discourse and asked about the noise. It was a m. His mother, however, was hurt to see others laugh at her son. Yakusan Ascends The Rostrum 10. The master told me to come the next night to him. 0000047592 00000 n One day Unsho visited Tanzan, who was drinking wine at the time, not even a drop of which is suppposed to touch the tongue of a Buddhist. Tanzan wrote sixty postal cards on the last day of his life, and asked an attendent to mail them. Shunkais whole life was saturated with love. At these words the samurai, perceiving the masters discipline, sheathed his sword and bowed. For almost a year he pondered what the sound of one hand might be. Wait one week more and meditate constantly, advised Suiwo. Hearing the students praise her serious Zen made this wife squirm and itch. Read Part 1 and Part 2 of The Miscellaneous Koans. This PDF began its life as half of a book called Acequias & Gates : Miscellaneous Koans and Miscellaneous Writings on Koans by Joan Sutherland, in collaboration with designer Piper Leigh and artist Ciel Bergman. Our schoolmaster used to take a nap every afternoon, related a disciple of Soyen Shaku. Recueil Des Notices Et Memoires de La Societe. As Kosen sketched the letters a bold pupil was with him who had made several gallons of ink for the calligraphy and who never failed to criticise his masters work. A nun who was searching for enlightenment made a statue of Buddha and covered it with gold leaf. 0000016724 00000 n The teacher retired. He told Dairyo: I insist on eating the same food as the least of my followers. When they are enriched with insightful comments and poems, then you have ten thousand . scene of autumn The emperor heard about Kakua when he returned to Japan and asked him to preach Zen for his edification and that of his subjects. I am getting old, he said, and as far as I know, Shoju, you are the only one who will carry on this teaching. By this time he had lost his reputation, which did not trouble him, but he took very good care of the child. At that time the mayor, who had been promoted to office in a distant city, visited her. Jiun, a Shingon master, was a well-known Sanskrit scholar of the Tokugawa era. O-nami felt he should go to a Zen master for help. Wherever she went she carried this golden Buddha with her. KONGO ZEN INDIA. Gessen named a fancy price, painted the picture in the manner requested, and went away. He scolded her like a thunderstorm. koan, Japanese Kan, in Zen Buddhism of Japan, a succinct paradoxical statement or question used as a meditation discipline for novices, particularly in the Rinzai sect. Originally published in Spirituality and Health magazine, May 2016. Often, only when we are able to admit in frustration that we dont know anything, can true koan practice begin. You are not working hard enough, his teacher told him. You cannot find here any piece of meat that is not the best.. The following day the master gave a lecture to the group, and when it was over, Eshun arose. The young student attained Zen in that instant. It was extremely hot one day so some of us took a nap. 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