That is kind of it, sort of. Koans are aimed at our conditioning. People can
spend years trying to solve them because koans have no rational answer. On the
other hand some of these stories relate the moment a person woke up, but do not
reveal what went before, things like years of meditation or
The only way to "get" a zen koan is if you get enlightened when you
deeply ponder it, otherwise it is just a joke. A zen koan is a device to
use in zen meditation, like a mantra. A koan makes you stop and think,
and sometimes a koan can wake you up from your dream state and then yo
may go beyon
Is it just me or do these Zen koans always sound like jokes? The ones where you
don't really *get* the punchline but giggle nervously to cover your
embarrassment.
I'm really asking if satori is related to our sense of humour. Perhaps having
an awakening experience is suddenly seeing that li
"A monk asked Joshu to teach him zen.
Joshu asked, "Have you eaten your rice?"
I wonder what Joshu's comeback would have been if the monk had replied: "No.
I've not had a chance to eat yet. Is there any stir-fry left?"
Another zen koan that I like is by Joshu, Case 7:
A monk asked Joshu to teach him zen.
Joshu asked, "Have you eaten your rice?"
The monk replied, "Yes, I have eaten."
"Then go wash your bowl", said Joshu.
At that moment, the monk was enlightened.
On 12/11/2013 6:05 PM, anartax...@yahoo.com wrot
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote:
It's like another zen koan:
"You follow a path to the gate. When you follow the path you go through the
gate. Once you pass through, you find that there's no path, and the there's no
gate. So, they call it the Gateless Gate." - A collection of z
It's like another zen koan:
"You follow a path to the gate. When you follow the path you go through
the gate. Once you pass through, you find that there's no path, and the
there's no gate. So, they call it the Gateless Gate." - A collection of
zen koans by Wumen.
On 12/11/2013 10:28 AM, Shar
But Richard, we see a snake in the backyard because our brain, especially the
primitive area, is hardwired to see danger and thus protect us from that.
Waking up from the dream may only be a case of the activity of our brain shifts
mainly to the front area. thanks, turq, good article.
On Wed
MMY and other teachers use metaphors because they parallel the actual
mechanics of nature - all human excrement always flows downstream. And,
because the transcendental field can't be described in words. Maybe your
mind is too stupid to understand that the world of relativity works
because of c
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-mE1ScD64Q
On Wednesday, December 11, 2013 5:46 AM, Share Long
wrote:
turq, and then there's *way too meta* as defined by Rick Castle played by
Nathan Fillion. Fun clip...
On Wednesday, December 11, 2013 4:13 AM, TurquoiseB
wrote:
To *convince*
turq, and then there's *way too meta* as defined by Rick Castle played by
Nathan Fillion. Fun clip...
On Wednesday, December 11, 2013 4:13 AM, TurquoiseB
wrote:
To *convince* you of something, dummy. That's why spiritual teachers and other
con men use them. Why do you think Jesus talk
To *convince* you of something, dummy. That's why spiritual teachers and
other con men use them. Why do you think Jesus talked in parables? Duh.
Why did Maharishi try to link the mechanics of TM to "watering the root"
and "drawing the arrow back in the bow?" Because they intuitively knew
that your
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