BEST of PONDER on THIS for Tuesday, April 21st, 2009 by Eckhart Tolle in THE POWER OF NOW
“You may have heard the phrase ‘turn the other cheek’, which a great teacher of enlightenment used 2,000 years ago. He was attempting to convey symbolically the secret of nonresistance and nonreaction. In this statement, as in all his others, he was concerned only with your inner reality, not with the outer conduct of your life.
Do you know the story of Banzan? Before he became a great Zen master, he spent many years in the pursuit of enlightenment, but it eluded him. Then one day, as he was walking in the marketplace, he overheard a conversation between a butcher and his customer. ‘Give me the best piece of meat you have’, said the customer. And the butcher replied, ‘Every piece of meat I have is the best. There is no piece of meat here that is not the best’. Upon hearing this, Banzan became enlightened.
I can see you are waiting for some explanation.
When you accept what is, every piece of meat — every moment — is the best. That is enlightenment.”
Eckhart Tolle, in “The Power of Now”
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Do you know the story of Banzan? Before he became a great Zen master, he spent many years in the pursuit of enlightenment, but it eluded him. Then one day, as he was walking in the marketplace, he overheard a conversation between a butcher and his customer. ‘Give me the best piece of meat you have’, said the customer. And the butcher replied, ‘Every piece of meat I have is the best. There is no piece of meat here that is not the best’. Upon hearing this, Banzan became enlightened.
I can see you are waiting for some explanation.
When you accept what is, every piece of meat — every moment — is the best. That is enlightenment.”
Eckhart Tolle, in “The Power of Now”
For more information regarding this book visit Amazon.
A FREE service since its inception, "Ponder on This" benefits subscribers, authors, and publishers by including "links" to Amazon.com and other Web sites where subscribers can learn more about the book being quoted, and also purchase it. In all instances these links are provided as a convenience, and do NOT generate any type of compensation for Pondercentral.
Individuals interested in a direct subscription to "Ponder on This" are requested to please click here or feel free to forward to a friend. To contact Pondercentral via email, please click here.
Posted by Jeff Maziarek at 4/20/2009 6:00 PM 
Categories: Present Moment Awareness
Tags: Eckhart Tolle The Power of Now
Categories: Present Moment Awareness
Tags: Eckhart Tolle The Power of Now
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