Zen and Astronomy

[AJames]

The Beautiful Art of the Buddhist is also relevant to astronomy, and during these seemly bleak weather periods over the last few weeks, perhaps we should adhere to a different view. In my mind,

As Clerk Thomas says; ( http://astronomy-links.net/zenastronomy.htm )

Q: With the availability of so many beautiful Hubble images of nebulae, why do we amateur astronomers tote out our relatively puny instruments to view smudges in gray? Why do we do this repeatedly for the same smudgy objects, even when we are not showing newbies these objects for their first time?
A: The answer is simple: Each time is our first time.

Q: Why does it rain?
A. To wash to sky clean for us to observe the sky!

Transcendental, man!

Andrew

[Satchmo]

Originally Posted by AJames

Why do we do this repeatedly for the same smudgy objects, even when we are not showing newbies these objects for their first time?
A: The answer is simple: Each time is our first time.

Andrew, I think you can apply this to many mundane or repetative tasks in life . I think Zen, each morning I relieve my bladder upon waking. The relief is every bit as good as the first time

[h0ughy (David)]

Originally Posted by Satchmo

Andrew, I think you can apply this to many mundane or repetative tasks in life . I think Zen, each morning I relieve my bladder upon waking. The relief is every bit as good as the first time

[Ric]

Originally Posted by AJames

Q: Why does it rain?
A. To wash to sky clean for us to observe the sky!

But how much cleaner does it have to be? The skies been washed about five times this week down here.

Cheers

[fringe_dweller]

yes satori it is!