Zen Luxury

There was an ad in this Sunday’s NY Times for a new richy rich city condo. Among other things, the developers promise “Zen Luxury.” My first thought: What’s this, the next new oxymoron?!

Then I settled into reflection on what is the luxury in a zen experience. Clearly zen luxury is the richness of doing everything fully; giving our whole attention to the task at hand.

In your seeing, there should be only the seeing. In your hearing, nothing but the hearing; in your smelling, tasting, and touching, nothing but smelling, tasting, and touching; in your thinking, nothing but the thought.

Khuddaka Nikaya

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One Response to “Zen Luxury”

  1. Chris Corrigan
    March 7th, 2006 12:08
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    Tust me, if you have little kids and a chaotic house like I do, sitting zazen for six hours would be luxury of the tallest order.

    Probably not whatthe developers think though…

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