Koan
The strawberry
A man chased by a tiger caught hold of a vine and hung over a cliff. Below, another tiger waited. Two mice began to gnaw the vine. Beside him he saw a wild strawberry. He picked it. How sweet it tasted.
Traditional Zen parable
How to sit with it
The tigers are always there. So is the strawberry. What is sweet right now?
Read it once more, slowly. Then sit for two minutes and let it stay in the background. There is nothing to solve. New to this? Read what a koan is.
