Wednesday, October 15, 2014

The Bodhisattva and the Fish Bowl (a fishy koan)

A fish in a bowl knows only
how to be a fish
A fish in the ocean knows only 
how to be a fish
A bodhisattva vowed to free all beings 
perceives the fish
imprisoned.
Who then needs liberated,
-a fish being a fish
or a bodhisattva being
a bodhisattva?

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