Yes, okay, but I think that in this parable this master was, in the way that we would understand it, mediating. But in saying this trying to make a deeper point about how mediation is “just standing” (or sitting, or whatever) and not striving for a particular goal. The same principle is commonly expressed in zen and other related branches of Buddhism which absorbed some ideas from Taoism. That said it is totally 100% okay to just stand there, or to play video games or relax on the weekend. But I don’t think it’s quite the same as the master in this story was doing.
Yeah, what I like about those stories is that they’re open-ended enough that you can interpret them in various ways. What you’re saying is definitely a valid interpretation.
There’s a parable about this Taoist Master who’s seen standing by a mountain view.
They ask the Master: are you meditating? And the Master says no, I’m just standing here.
They ask the Master: are you contemplating nature? And the Master says no, I’m just standing here.
They ask the Master: are you waiting for something? And the Master says no, I’m just standing here.
Sometimes it’s okay to just stand there.
It’s nice to sometimes let the world pass by instead of always trying to keep up
It’ll still be there when you get done chilling.
“And thus, the students were enlightened”
Yes, okay, but I think that in this parable this master was, in the way that we would understand it, mediating. But in saying this trying to make a deeper point about how mediation is “just standing” (or sitting, or whatever) and not striving for a particular goal. The same principle is commonly expressed in zen and other related branches of Buddhism which absorbed some ideas from Taoism. That said it is totally 100% okay to just stand there, or to play video games or relax on the weekend. But I don’t think it’s quite the same as the master in this story was doing.
Yeah, what I like about those stories is that they’re open-ended enough that you can interpret them in various ways. What you’re saying is definitely a valid interpretation.