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| Buddha in the Campus |
Last week I went Seoul for a quite important English exam (
IELTS) which I think was well done, perhaps.. The exam was held at a hilly, different looking university which has a big
Buddha statue at the center of the
university campus.. When I was entering the campus, not only students but a few monks and nuns coming in and out, thought I was going in a temple.
Hah, no wonder a strong
Zen feeling there
! Haven't had this kind of Zen feeling after more than a year living here, also haven't involved myself in charity and volunteering activities like I did with
Tzu chi in hospital
services previously. Well, it doesn't seem that this kind of work is the local norm here despite so many cultures,
surprisingly~
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| Zen~ Tea house |
So, took some time to get flooded by this Zen feeling in the university, and it recalled me about the
dharma talks or books I had come across.. well, I'm not really a prayer (did wish everybody do well in the exam though) but perhaps a learner (of the philosophy). I started remembering the
teaching that I had forgotten mostly or ignored, and also some maybe I'm practicing.. Terms like middle path, karma.. anyway the simple
'take home message' I gain every times is -
Just be a human, yet may not easily be understood indeed,
strange huh~ Siting at a nearby Zen style tea house for a coffee, reading a book, listening soothing instrumental music, I thought of a lot of things..
thinking of the past (not all fortunate), the next destination (not all predictable).. importantly the
present~ feeling Zen..
