That's true. Poetry uses words and text, but does not necessarily
depend on rationality. How about a haiku?
Young fox pokes old bear,
Bear smiles, revealing long fangs,
Fur flies, brown and red.
...Bill!
--- In Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com, mike brown [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
You could try
Nah, haiku stinks.
There was a young fox (who rocks)
Who invited an old dharma bear to box
But the bear was quicker
So no need to bicker
Because we two have opened our lock(s).
Bill Smart [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
That's true. Poetry uses words and text, but does
What, a limerick?
I assumed they were passe,
But what do I know?
--- In Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com, mike brown [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Nah, haiku stinks.
There was a young fox (who rocks)
Who invited an old dharma bear to box
But the bear was quicker
So no need to bicker
Yeah true, they're vulgar and earthy - but they don't stink.
Bill Smart [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What, a limerick?
I assumed they were passe,
But what do I know?
--- In Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com, mike brown [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Nah, haiku stinks.
There was a young fox (who
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a grasping student
stinking of wisdom farted
at the zen forum
mocking Dogen and
other zen masters was easy
understanding was not
There was an old Bill
who looked shrill to sharpen
zen master baiters
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Haha! Well said - a fart would have been much better!
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a grasping student
stinking of wisdom farted
at the zen forum
mocking Dogen and
other zen masters was easy
understanding was not
There was an old Bill
who looked
I was taught to place our heart at the level of Bodhisattva before we
even begin.
Meaning we begin by accepting all phenomenon of this universe as one.
Therefore, if we don't use "I" or "You", and use just "we", then we
could reduce our differentiation.
This way, we need less
---So the question remains.
Are you going to change the behavior or continue to revel in it?
Seeing the problem and not taking action is unfortunate.
Guy
In Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com, cid830 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
There you go again, Al... Did you not invite direct email in a
prior
post?
Hi cid! I think Al is a great teacher for you. You've already answered your own
post - now just put it into practice...
cid830 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There you go again, Al... Did you
not invite direct email in a prior
post? Yes, a discussion of various topics in a park can be
From: cid830 And to Al... I feel you have mocked the practice in prior
postings,
if I am wrong, I do apologize.
Who made you the Pope of Zen? Am I being excommunicated? Are you the person
that sent me the nasty email about a week ago?
Current Book Discussion: any Zen book that you recently
The whole point of this thread was to suggest people just LIGHTEN UP
about the Zen Forum.
It's just a forum. It's like going down to your local public park,
sitting on a bench with 5 or 6 strangers, and engaging in a
discussion about football, or the NBA, or politics, or zen. In fact
an
What does "seriously" or "nasty" mean? How about "more seriously" or
"less seriously" or "nastier".
Adjectives as such are but relative terms in a human language, which
are but forms of our conscious mind.
None of these words means anything when we sit down and shut up.
Even sit down
Donald Hwong,
You're right, of course, and I wrestle with this each time I sit down
to write a post - how can I best express my buddha nature in this
medium?
The problem is that this forum is a words-based forum, and zen is not
best communicated via words. Worse than that it's a text-base
You could try and write a poem. You could start with, There was an old man
called Bill who.. etc etc.
Bill Smart [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Donald
Hwong,
You're right, of course, and I wrestle with this each time I sit down
to write a post - how can I best
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