Greetings, Here's that Buddhist story about meditation that is represented by the small, blank, polished, onyx tile I wear hanging at my neck.
A Buddhist monk was meditating when his master walked in. Master: Why are you meditating? Monk: Because I want to become a Buddha! The master sat down and started polishing a stone. The curious young monk asked, Monk: What are you doing? Master: Trying to turn this stone into a mirror. Monk: But you can't make mirrors out of stone. Master: Neither can you become a Buddha by sitting there cross-legged all day! I love a good contradiction... Marsha On Aug 26, 2013, at 12:01 AM, MarshaV wrote: Eddo, If you mean philosophically serious, then I do agree with your laughter. - I recently purchased two pieces of jewelry to wear at my neck. One is much like a small, blank, polished, onyx tile which when I see it in a mirror represents (to me) emptiness, and also a little Buddhist story about meditation. The second is a very large (1-3/8"), round, red bead which has been carved into a tangle of turtles. I love these trinkets; they are symbols of laughter... - It is easy to identify one's own "too serious" and to break out in laughter. It is more difficult to properly recognize the emotions behind a flat screen, but easy not to react with too much gravity to that which is projection. Alan Watts is always cool! I don't know about Chris and his experience in San Francisco, but I have the deepest regard for Mr. Pirsig, who I consider both highly intelligent and extremely generous. He built the best bridge between East and East, at least for me. Marsha On Aug 25, 2013, at 7:45 AM, Eddo Rats <[email protected]> wrote: > I meant laughing at myself in the situation, When i seriously loose my > pease of mind i can't help me laughing about myself after a while. It can > sometimes be offending to others who continue to stay serious. > > Alan Watts explains it best in. > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OkCcfiAG1A > He also, like Pirsig, refers to zen and the art of archery > > When i read pirsig or listen to him in one of the video's or audio > interviews I hear a lot back from what i heard Alan watts say altough he > died in 1973. > > He also had his supporters in the Zen community, including Shunryu > Suzuki<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shunryu_Suzuki>, > the founder of the San Francisco Zen Center. As David > Chadwick<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Chadwick_(writer)> > recounted > in his biography of Suzuki, *Crooked Cucumber: the Life and Zen Teaching of > Shunryu Suzuki*, when a student of Suzuki's disparaged Watts by saying "we > used to think he was profound until we found the real thing", Suzuki "fumed > with a sudden intensity", saying, "You completely miss the point about Alan > Watts! You should notice what he has done. He is a > greatbodhisattva<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bodhisattva> > . > > Chris, the son of Pirsig, was killed while leaving the san fransisco zen > center at the age of 22. I wonder if there is a connection in History > between Pirsig and Alan Watts. > > Kind regards > > Eddo > > ___ Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org/md/archives.html
