The Fractal Mind by Source Potential
The Fractal Mind by Source Potential is a discussion of the nature of consciousness and reality, where ancient wisdom and modern science seem to point at the same thing.
Hosted by R.J. Hills, founder of Source Potential and creator of the Awakening: Binaural Meditation app, each episode examines the territory where Vedanta, Taoism, Buddhism, and quantum mechanics converge.
Also join us every Sunday night for the Zen Bedtime Stories series. Narrated by R.J. Hills, these are ancient koans retold, each ending with a question to sit with.
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The Fractal Mind by Source Potential
Zen #3 - Hyakujō and the Fox
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A Zen master in T'ang dynasty China tells his monks about an old man who attended his teachings for months without anyone knowing who he was. The old man reveals he was once a priest on this same mountain, centuries ago, who answered a student's question wrongly and spent five hundred lives as a fox because of it. The question was simple. Does an enlightened person fall under the law of cause and effect? His original answer trapped him. Hyakujō's answer set him free. The difference between them is just one word, but that word changes everything.
This is one of the most famous koans in Zen Buddhism, and it touches something we all wonder about. Does spiritual growth exempt us from ordinary consequences? Does awakening make us special, or does it place us more fully within life as it actually works? The story doesn't answer these questions through argument. It answers through what happens when understanding finally arrives.
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