So as far as the riddle on the stone(in the Samsara Film) "How can one prevent a drop of water from ever drying up?"
When I fist saw the stone my three best guesses were:
1. Drink it
2. Put it in the ocean
3. Release it into outer space
I would like to know if any of yall had any guesses when you first saw the riddle. Comment away!
Yes this is the riddle and the solution at the end is, indeed, to throw it in the ocean. But what does this mean in relation to Tashi and the plot of the film?
ReplyDeleteThis, I think, is the question! I'm glad you started this post.
This was such a thought provoking quote! I actually paused the film for a moment and thought about this question. I thought that perhaps it would be putting it into the ocean. That was my best guess!
ReplyDeleteI think that in relation to Tashi and the plot of the film this question relates to his personal spiritual journey.
My first thought was that is was a trick question. I thought maybe it was trying to say that you can't prevent a drop of water from drying up which is a metaphor for not being attached to anything in this life for nothing is permanent (the cause of suffering). BUT the answer made me think otherwise. Yet, it could still be translated in the way i originally thought. If you look at the drop of water as a person and the ocean as the universe it could be all about how you must not be attached to anything, you must give yourself up into the universe. A huge cause of suffering is that humans view themselves as fragmented beings in the universe, separate, detached, lonely in a place they can never fully understand. Buddhism and the end of suffering is about realizing there is no fragmented self, separate from everything around you. There is no you and separate I, there is only a we. We are even fragmented in our own minds. We have all created and imagined up a sense of self. You can prove this by listening to your thoughts about yourself. When one says 'I' am unhappy with 'myself' one is creating fragmented mind, a mind divided into two. Who is the 'I' and who is the 'myself' you are talking about. Are there two of you in your mind? ha sorry kind of getting off topic, but I'm starting to think that the riddle is more about getting rid of the fragmented false sense of self, and opening up to the is-ness and one-ness of the universe. That everything just is and it is all one.
ReplyDelete... and yes, I am totally plagiarizing Eckhart Tolle.
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