Good morning , Bill.. *s* Yes.. life would be pretty bland without this. Thanks for posting your comments on this. I agree with ED-- you helped me understand the wisdom within. I'll be off-list for a few months or more. Life twists sometimes mandate such. Be well. My best to all.. Kristy
--- On Tue, 3/15/11, Bill! <[email protected]> wrote: From: Bill! <[email protected]> Subject: [Zen] Re: Five Poisons II To: [email protected] Date: Tuesday, March 15, 2011, 6:11 AM 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: > > >
