{"id":59588,"date":"2026-02-25T21:11:52","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T21:11:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/awakentheworld.com\/?post_type=awaken-film&#038;p=59588"},"modified":"2026-08-31T17:26:19","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T17:26:19","slug":"der-biber-die-schildkrote-und-der-fleckenlose-spiegel","status":"publish","type":"awaken-film","link":"https:\/\/awakentheworld.com\/de\/film\/the-beaver-the-tortoise-and-the-spotless-mirror\/","title":{"rendered":"Der Biber, die Schildkr\u00f6te und der makellose Spiegel"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading h3\" id=\"h-the-beaver-the-tortoise-and-the-spotless-mirror\">Der Biber, die Schildkr\u00f6te und der makellose Spiegel<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-when-meditation-finally-happened-a-zen-story\">Als die Meditation endlich begann (Eine Zen-Geschichte)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dies ist eine moderne Neuinterpretation der alten klassischen Zen-Geschichte vom \u201cPolieren einer Kachel\u201d. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Die urspr\u00fcngliche Geschichte erz\u00e4hlt, wie Meister Nanyue (Nangaku) seinen Sch\u00fcler Mazu (Baso) in tiefer Meditation sitzend vorfindet, im Bestreben, ein Buddha zu werden. 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