A drunken man who falls out of a cart, though he may suffer, does not die. His bones are the same as other people’s; but he meets his accident in a different way. His spirit is in a condition of security. He is not conscious of riding in the cart; neither is he conscious of falling out of it. Ideas of life, death, fear and the like cannot penetrate his breast; and so he does not suffer from contact with objective existence. If such security is to be got from wine, how much more is to be got from God?
— Chuang Tzu
from Zen to Go, Jon Winokur, ed., New American Library, 1989.
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Nice quote, but at least two typos: “car” should be “cart” and “breat” should be “breast”.
It was cool to wonder what type of car Chuang Tzu would drive.