@cavemanfranklin Great QUESTion.. It is a Zen Circle meaning, at the same time empty and full.
The text accompanying the Ensō reads: 是什麽 ‘What is this?’ It is a koan (Zen saying) which refers to the story of the ninth-century Chinese Zen master Yunmen Wenyan (862/4-949 CE), who asked one of his disciples every day this same question, 是什麽 ‘What is this?’.
The disciple never had an answer. It took eighteen years before he suddenly, one day, said: ‘I understand’.
What does it say under the Circle @2:50
Chinese symbology...
I like it.
cavemanfranklin 1 month ago
@cavemanfranklin Great QUESTion.. It is a Zen Circle meaning, at the same time empty and full.
The text accompanying the Ensō reads: 是什麽 ‘What is this?’ It is a koan (Zen saying) which refers to the story of the ninth-century Chinese Zen master Yunmen Wenyan (862/4-949 CE), who asked one of his disciples every day this same question, 是什麽 ‘What is this?’.
The disciple never had an answer. It took eighteen years before he suddenly, one day, said: ‘I understand’.
vaXzine 1 month ago