ED, I beleive Harada's satement below referring to 'having no merit' is analagous to Jesus' teachings in Matthew 6:3-4:
"3 But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, 4 so that your giving may be in secret. ..." ...Bill! --- In [email protected], "ED" <seacrofter001@...> wrote: > > > > Bill, > > Thank you for your explanation of the second statement. I took it > literally and it made no sense. Now it makes perfect sense. > > --ED > > > > --- In [email protected], "Bill!" <BillSmart@> wrote: > > > > 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? > ------------------------------------ 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/
