{"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":"the-beaver-the-tortoise-and-the-spotless-mirror","status":"publish","type":"awaken-film","link":"https:\/\/awakentheworld.com\/sv\/film\/the-beaver-the-tortoise-and-the-spotless-mirror\/","title":{"rendered":"B\u00e4vern, sk\u00f6ldpaddan och den fl\u00e4ckfria spegeln"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading h3\" id=\"h-the-beaver-the-tortoise-and-the-spotless-mirror\">B\u00e4vern, sk\u00f6ldpaddan och den fl\u00e4ckfria spegeln<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-when-meditation-finally-happened-a-zen-story\">N\u00e4r meditation \u00e4ntligen intr\u00e4ffade (en Zen-ber\u00e4ttelse)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Detta \u00e4r en modern \u00e5terber\u00e4ttelse av en gammal klassisk Zen-historia om att \u201cslipa en platta\u201d. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Den ursprungliga historien handlar om M\u00e4stare Nanyue (Nangaku) n\u00e4r han uppt\u00e4cker att hans l\u00e4rjunge Mazu (Baso) sitter i intensiv meditation f\u00f6r att bli Buddha. 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