> At 12:59 PM 11/16/2007, Dan told the Zen story:
> >A cat who lived at a monastary developed the
> annoying habit of
> >jumping upon the head roshi's lap each time he sat
> down to meditate.
> >Aggravated, one day he told a monk, "Tie up that
> pesky cat so we can
> >meditate in peace!" The monk did as he was told and
> each time before
> >the meditation took place, the monk dutifully tied
> up the cat.
>Years later when the cat died the monastary
> acquired another cat to
> >tie up while the meditation was going on. Even
> after the old head
> >roshi himself passed away, the monks continued the
> practice of tying
> >up the cat so they could better meditate. Centuries
> later, many
> >learned theses were written on the value of tying
> up a cat prior to
> >meditation.
[Marsha]
> Perfect story! I read a little book, The Social
> Construction of
> Reality: A Treatise in the Sociology of Knowledge by
> Peter L. Berger
> and Thomas Luckmann. It tells the same story, but
> not as well.
Oh, yeah. What was this book about Marsha? Did
it go into details about the zen story? I wouldn't
mind reading it. Does it explain more about why they
kept the cat, and how the cat really helped them
figure it all out.
Continue further down the page...
JUST KIDDING!
Thanks Marsha. I like the point you made.
SA
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