Bill, Well then.. If they are no hidden meanings or secretive ideas-- then why didn't he just say that his teachings were available to all, and he expected nothing in return, beit praise or blame. Instead of metaphor...k
--- On Sun, 3/13/11, Bill! <[email protected]> wrote: From: Bill! <[email protected]> Subject: [Zen] Re: Five Poisons II To: [email protected] Date: Sunday, March 13, 2011, 8:12 PM ED, Such sayings or writings as these, including ALL koans, say exactly what they say - and no more. There are no hidden meanings in zen, nothing eclectic or secretive. 'Selling water by the river' means everything he was teaching his whole life was readily available to all - without him as intermediary. 'My labors have been wholly without merit.' means he acted without any thought or hope of merit. He just acted. No self, no karma, no merit, no blame - Just THIS! ...Bill! --- In [email protected], "ED" <seacrofter001@...> wrote: > > > Master Sogaku Harada died at the age of ninety-one. > At his funeral service hung a piece of calligraphy written by himself: > > "For forty years I have been selling water by the bank of a river. Ho ho > ho. My labors have been wholly without merit." > > What did Master Sogaku Harada mean? > > > > --- In [email protected], Jue Miao Jing Ming wrote: >
