Every minute Zen

Amma always reminds all who come to Her to be aware of each moment. Amma compares living in this world as to sitting in an exam hall and writing the exam. You should be really alert. And when the bell rings, you have to leave. Amma's examples are always very simple. Sometimes they are so simple that we miss the whole point. But the great masters explain things in a lot of different ways.

Zen students are with their masters at least two years before they presume to teach others. Nan-in was visited by Tenno, who, having passed his apprenticeship, had become a teacher. The day happened to be rainy, so Tenno wore wodden clogs and carried an umbrella. After greeting him Nan-in remarked: "I suppose you left your wooden clogs in the vestibule. I want to know if your umbrella is on the right or left side of the clogs."

Tenno, confused, had no instant answer. He realized that he was unable to carry his Zen every minute. He became Nan-in's pupil, and he studied six more years to accomplish his every-minute Zen.

Let the sleeping dogs lie

Dogs don't have to go to class
They can sleep all day and night
They don't have to take gate pass
To go out of campus for a bite

Dogs don't have to take exams
Nor sit in classes bored
Dogs don't get stuck in traffic jams
When they go to Coimbatore

Dogs dont have to take seminars
With professors sly and mean
Dogs don't have to go to war
With staff in the canteen

Everybody just love dogs
They are so nice and cute
But the reason that I love dogs
Is they just dont give a hoot

The woods are lovely, dark and deep
But I have assignments to keep
And miles to code before I sleep
And miles to code before I sleep.

My third semester final exams are due next week. I dont think I will be able to post anything until Jan.