ED, Bodhidharma was not bored by 'just this', so he sat facing the wall for nine years, though a naughty boy pricked his arm with a needle from time to time. That is why he is the First Patriarch. Anthony
--- On Wed, 17/11/10, ED <[email protected]> wrote: From: ED <[email protected]> Subject: [Zen] Re: FW: Amazon book To: [email protected] Date: Wednesday, 17 November, 2010, 5:29 AM What does Bodhidharma want, dear God, what does Bodhidharma want? --ED --- In [email protected], Anthony Wu <wu...@...> wrote: > > Mayka/ED, > > Most of us are deeply bound by karma so that we are bored by 'just this'. I > believe we can find satisfaction by just sitting down and eventual > enlightenment, but we are way from that 'goal'. So perhaps Bill can improve > his way of teaching like guiding children away from their toys. > > Anthony
