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De Bever, de Schildpad en de Spiksplinternieuwe Spiegel<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Toen Meditatie Eindelijk Plaatsvond (Een Zenverhaal)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Dit is een moderne hertelling van een oud klassiek Zen-verhaal over \u201chet polijsten van een tegel\u201d. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Het originele verhaal gaat over meester Nanyue (Nangaku) die zijn leerling Mazu (Baso) aantreft terwijl deze in diepe meditatie zit om een Boeddha te worden. Wanneer Mazu zijn doel uitlegt, pakt Nanyue een dakpan en polijst deze op een rots. Mazu vraagt waarom, en Nanyue antwoordt: \u201cIk maak een spiegel.\u201d

Mazu vraagt hoe een tegel een spiegel kan worden, waarop Nanyue antwoordt: \u201cHoe kan het zitten in zazen je een Boeddha maken?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dit verhaal is waarom Zenleraren soms praten over \u201ctegels poetsen\u201d in je meditatiebeoefening.
Ze bedoelen dat de geconditioneerde geest nog steeds iets doet waarvan hij \u201cdenkt\u201d dat het meditatie is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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Dit is een moderne hertelling van een oud klassiek Zen-verhaal over \u201chet polijsten van een tegel\u201d.
\nDit verhaal is waarom Zenleraren soms praten over \u201ctegels poetsen\u201d in je meditatiebeoefening.
\nZe bedoelen dat de geconditioneerde geest nog steeds iets doet waarvan hij \u201cdenkt\u201d dat het meditatie is.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":59590,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_eb_attr":"","_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","atw_video_narrated_en_us":"AiqLI9wB-ww","atw_transcript_en_us":"","atw_video_narrated_es_es":"","atw_transcript_es_es":"","atw_video_narrated_fr_fr":"","atw_transcript_fr_fr":"","atw_video_narrated_de_de":"","atw_transcript_de_de":"","atw_video_narrated_pt_br":"","atw_transcript_pt_br":"","atw_video_narrated_ru_ru":"","atw_transcript_ru_ru":"","atw_video_narrated_pl_pl":"","atw_transcript_pl_pl":"","atw_video_narrated_hi_in":"","atw_transcript_hi_in":"","atw_video_narrated_zh_cn":"","atw_transcript_zh_cn":"","atw_video_narrated_zh_tw":"","atw_transcript_zh_tw":"","atw_video_narrated_hu_hu":"","atw_transcript_hu_hu":"","atw_video_narrated_sq":"","atw_transcript_sq":"","atw_video_narrated_ar":"","atw_transcript_ar":"","atw_video_narrated_bg_bg":"","atw_transcript_bg_bg":"","atw_video_narrated_hr":"","atw_transcript_hr":"","atw_video_narrated_cs_cz":"","atw_transcript_cs_cz":"","atw_video_narrated_nl_nl":"","atw_transcript_nl_nl":"","atw_video_narrated_fi":"","atw_transcript_fi":"","atw_video_narrated_el":"","atw_transcript_el":"","atw_video_narrated_it_it":"","atw_transcript_it_it":"","atw_video_narrated_ja":"","atw_transcript_ja":"","atw_video_narrated_ko_kr":"","atw_transcript_ko_kr":"","atw_video_narrated_lt_lt":"","atw_transcript_lt_lt":"","atw_video_narrated_fa_ir":"","atw_transcript_fa_ir":"","atw_video_narrated_ro_ro":"","atw_transcript_ro_ro":"","atw_video_narrated_sr_rs":"","atw_transcript_sr_rs":"","atw_video_narrated_sl_si":"","atw_transcript_sl_si":"","atw_video_narrated_sv_se":"","atw_transcript_sv_se":"","atw_video_narrated_th":"","atw_transcript_th":"","atw_video_narrated_tr_tr":"","atw_transcript_tr_tr":"","atw_video_narrated_vi":"","atw_transcript_vi":"","atw_linked_transcript":0,"atw_subtitle_verified":"de_DE,pt_BR,es_ES","atw_subtitle_quality":"pt_BR,de_DE,es_ES","atw_narrated_langs":"","footnotes":""},"film-category":[232],"class_list":["post-59588","awaken-film","type-awaken-film","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","film-category-animated-stories"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nThe Beaver, the Tortoise, and the Spotless Mirror - Awaken The World<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/awakentheworld.com\/nl\/film\/the-beaver-the-tortoise-and-the-spotless-mirror\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"nl_NL\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Beaver, the Tortoise, and the Spotless Mirror - Awaken The World\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"This is a modern retelling of an old classic Zen story of "polishing a tile". 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