I wish to be a laughing buddha. But. Well you know. Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry
-----Original Message----- From: "ED" <seacrofter...@yahoo.com> Sender: Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2010 18:10:07 To: <Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com> Reply-To: Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com Subject: [Zen] Re: the entire poem A Tibetan Buddhism Dzogchen perspective: "Since everything is but an apparition, complete in being what it is, having nothing to do with good or bad, acceptance or rejection, one may well burst out into laughter." -- Longchen Rabjampa --- In Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com, "roloro1557" <roloro1...@...> wrote: > Daily, nothing particular, Only nodding to myself, Nothing to choose, nothing to discard. No coming, no going, No person in purple, Blue mountains without a speck of dust. I exercise occult and subtle power, Chopping wood, carrying water. Some attribute it to Baso, the Japanese haiku poet - some attribute it to Mazu, the old Chinese chan master and teacher - and some attribute it to P'ang Chu, a student of Mazu's. I guess some think this is just a "zen platitude" and not in the same lofty class as Rumi's poetry. Artie