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by Esquire on February 23rd, 2007

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This is one of the most famour Zen questions. Picture the orange... What is it?

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  • by Go know thyself is THE RED QUEEN on August 13th, 2008

    Go know thyself is THE RED QUEEN

    The orange... Is me!
    and we... are nothing
    and everything all at once.

    From creation, to growth and cultivation to contemplated consumption to the act of consumption, life death and rejuvination through nourishment where all things are beneficial to all other things.

    Kind of like when the monkey is hungry, he thinks of the fruit, the fruit grows according to his needs of it, he materializes it and consumes it and then its life is beneficial to his. He then defecates and scatters the fertilized seeds onto the ground in his dung and then the seeds turn into a tree and the entire cycle begins again.

    So basically, the orange is realized desire for its own sake and the sake of everything.

    The orange is me and I am the orange.

    *I just made that up... How'd I do?

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  • by BAM@Cyberscrewed.tk on March 1st, 2007

    BAM@Cyberscrewed.tk

    A clever twist,

    what is it?

    It is.

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  • by Esteban-- Smart ass Pumpkin on February 23rd, 2007

    Esteban-- Smart ass Pumpkin

    pumpkin, it's a zen question about me

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  • by The_Professional on February 23rd, 2007

    The_Professional

    It is a picture.

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  • by Gingerminx on August 12th, 2008

    Gingerminx

    An edible citrus fruit.

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  • by Triipz on August 13th, 2008

    Triipz

    It is a reprensentaion of life and earth, we all have a hard layer which protects us from day to day life, but even under that hard layer is citrus goodness that many have a hard time peeling back and tasting. We are carried by our tree until it is time to start one ourselves, so we descend to bear our own fruit?

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  • by philosopher-saint on August 12th, 2008

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    Breakfast fruit?! ;-)

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