Vinegar+Tasters


 * Vinegar Tasters **



- represents “three teachings” of China

- vinegar symbolizes essence of life.

__**K’ung Fu-tse (Confucius) : sour**__ - believed past is better than present; government of man on earth is out of harmony with Way of Heaven, the government of the universe.

__**Buddha (Buddhism) : bitter**__ - life on earch is bitter, filled with attachments and desires that leads to suffering world is full of traps, is a generator if illusions, and a revolving wheel of pain for all creatures.

__** Lao-tse (Taoism) : smiling **__ - Earth is a reflection of heaven. the more man interferes with natural balance and universal laws, the further harmony gets

- the more forcing, the more trouble

- everything already has its nature, and that nature cannot be violated