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Empty your mind, be formless. Shapeless, like water. If you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup. You put water into a bottle and it becomes the bottle. You put it in a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Now, water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend. -Bruce Lee---
Of course Big Mac's the enlightened one. He goes with the flow, and his simple quietude is evidence of true inner peace. He is like water.
Second in a series of Apple family Zen. Others in the series:
Applejack: The Tao of Applejack
Granny Smith: Zen Apple Jam
Apple Bloom: Coming soon
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I'm really happy that I was chosen to cover Zen Art for my buddhism course because I found this.
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Hmm... I don't quite understand the quote. Something about continue on with work even after eating a great apple pie? I don't know.
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This is my informed, but by no means official, understanding of this saying: Enlightenment is not something that, once achieved, completely changes one's life, at least outwardly. There are still chores to do, and all of the daily trials of life remain. What changes is one's attitude, so that they are not simply things to be endured but moments to be cherished.
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... I think I understand now. Thank you.
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I think what it means is that once you have reached enlightenment, the only thing that has changed about you is inside of you. Β Outside is still the same. Β Even if you have found true, inner peace, there are still things to be done. Β You have just come to be more accepting of the world around you, and take them as they come. Β As my friends down in Florida, who are Buddhists, always say, take life one thing at a time, one day at a time; just keep on keeping on. Β Big Mac's constant "Eeeyup" is true zen. Β He accepts things as they come, and just keeps on doing what he knows has to be done.
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The Te of Applebloom next I would imagine...
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Great Pic and very suitable for Big Mac
Loved both quotes.
Honestly, considering all the trouble that his sisters and their friends cause, he must either be Zen or delusional to have the laid back attitude he has.
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The secret is that there is no apple
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...you put water into a brewery, and it becomes beer X3
Awesome work! Can't wait to see what AppleBloom and Granny Smith will be like!
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It's a paraphrase on a famous Zen proverb. And it fits Mac to a "t".
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He says what must be said. No more, no less.
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"Mr. Ed will never speak, unless he has something to say."
Big Mac definitely seems like he could have some Zen going on. He hardly seems preoccupied by the troubles or pleasures of daily life.
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Before reaching nirvana, you suffer. After reaching nirvana, you still suffer.
INFINITE LOOP OF PAIN
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That is not right. after reaching true nirvana, no mater way happens in your life, you will not suffer and you will not be reborn.
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Okay
So you will never exist again. Am I right?
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We each die a thousand deaths and are reborn a thousand times throughout our lives (as we change and alter ourselves and become different people than we were). Once we attain enlightenment, we settle into our true selves and no longer need to change, merely to flow and seek growth. We effectively become spiritually invulnerable as the death and rebirth of our persona becomes no longer unnecessary for growth to occur within our souls.
(at least I think that's what it means)
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Um, I'm not Buddhist. I'm a Catholic ._.
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Not really sure what that has to do with anything. Enlightenment is for everyone and is not really a question of religion. It's not truly about reincarnation so much as it is about the metaphorical death and rebirth that we go through throughout our lives.
Example: I am not the same person that I was when I was in high school, nor am I the same personal that I was in college. I am someone completely new and in ten years, I will again (likely) be someone new once again until I finally find my own enlightenment.
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I get it.
I am a whinny little douche in my early life, then the present I'm changing my ways and slowly becoming more sense and smart, and then in the future I might still change into a WAY better self than as of now and maybe I'll be a success. Did I interpret that right?
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That sounds about right. The ultimate goal is always to cut out the bad and the negative that is inside of us so that all that their is room for is intellectual, spiritual, and emotional growth. Also to attain inner peace. To find complete contentment in who and what we are weather that is a successful business person or a simple farmer (I personally think that it would be easier for the farmer to find this sort of enlightenment, but even a business person could do it).
The pursuit of true enlightenment is a way of teaching ourselves not to let the world around us crush us every time something crazy happens. It helps us not to fly off the handle and get angry or sad when it isn't necessarily (and preferably remain in control even when it IS necessary).
I admit that I don't really know at what point one truly attains enlightenment (or even if TRUE enlightenment is even attainable to human beings), but what I do know is that the idea is to pursue that ultimate goal so that we can become the best people that we can be.
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So it means that if you're in the middle of an armed robbery or other dangerous thing happening, you should always stay calm and ignore since it will end sooner or later? I get it now.
PS: Why do these kinds of arguments or explanations happen everyday?
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It's complicate. technically you and I don't exist now. Enlightenment in truly understanding that fact and the nature of the the universe.
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I don't get it.
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Like I said complicate,but it matters not. The point made by the pic. is this enlightenment dose not change who you are just how you look at the world. You live your life as usual except you don't suffer because you understand the greatest truth and are truly happy no mater what happens.
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Excuuuse me but I'm a Catholic, not a Buddhist, so I literally have NO idea what you guys are saying ._.
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I think the basic idea is that enlightened people have the same chores and problems as the rest of us. The difference is that enlightened people don't take those problems personally.
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It's ok, As the a famous Buddhist was quoited "find the good* in your religion". As long as you are a good, kind, and compassionate person that is all that early matters to a buddhist.
*I'm very lossy translating
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Remember - the international language should be learned so that all can understand each other easily
(not trying to be rude here)
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... English?
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Yes he is because he truly is the most relaxed Stallion of them all.
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That quote is truly so win. I really like it.
Be shapeless. Formless like war.
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It's not exactly Zen, but it was just so badass that I couldn't not use it.
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Consider: nothing is exactly Zen.
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