Kristy, Poetic license...Bill!
--- In [email protected], Kristy McClain <healthyplay1@...> wrote: > > Bill, > Â > Well then.. > Â > 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! <BillSmart@...> wrote: > > > From: Bill! <BillSmart@...> > Subject: [Zen] Re: Five Poisons II > To: [email protected] > Date: Sunday, March 13, 2011, 8:12 PM > > > Â > > > > 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: > > > ------------------------------------ Current Book Discussion: any Zen book that you recently have read or are reading! Talk about it today!Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zen_Forum/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zen_Forum/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
