Edgar, Every day I poop in somone's garden. Is that your garden Edgar?
...Bill! --- In [email protected], Edgar Owen <edgarowen@...> wrote: > > Actually I feed a fox in my yard every day. Is that you or Bill? > :-) > > Edgar > > > > On May 20, 2011, at 6:02 PM, Anthony Wu wrote: > > > Edgar, > > > > I am willing to be Bill's companion for 500 rebirths as another wild fox, > > since Joshu has written a good book a Guide to Wild Fox Zen. > > > > Anthony > > > > --- On Fri, 20/5/11, Edgar Owen <edgarowen@...> wrote: > > > > From: Edgar Owen <edgarowen@...> > > Subject: Re: [Zen] Re: Self Nature > > To: [email protected] > > Date: Friday, 20 May, 2011, 11:36 PM > > > > > > Good story. Because Bill denies causation he is doomed to be reincarnated > > as a fox for 500 lives! > > > > Edgar > > > > > > > > On May 20, 2011, at 10:56 AM, ED wrote: > > > >> > >> > >> > >> Hyakujo's Fox > >> When Hyakujo Osho delivered a certain series of sermons, an old man always > >> followed the monks to the main hall and listened to him. When the monks > >> left the hall, the old man would also leave. One day, however, he remained > >> behind, and Hyakujo asked him, "Who are you, standing here before me?" > >> The old man replied, "I am not a human being. In the old days of Kashyapa > >> Buddha, I was a head monk, living here on this mountain. One day a student > >> asked me, 'Does a man of enlightenment fall under the yoke of causation or > >> not?' I answered, 'No, he does not.' > >> > >> Since then I have been doomed to undergo five hundred rebirths as a fox. I > >> beg you now to give the turning word to release me from my life as a fox. > >> Tell me, does a man of enlightenment fall under the yoke of causation or > >> not?" > >> > >> Hyakujo answered, "He does not ignore causation." > >> > > > > No sooner had the old man heard these words than he was enlightened. Making > > his bows, he said, "I am emancipated from my life as a fox. I shall remain > > on this mountain. I have a favour to ask of you: would you please bury my > > body as that of a dead monk." > > > > Hyakujo had the director of the monks strike with the gavel and inform > > everyone that after the midday meal there would be a funeral service for a > > dead monk. The monks wondered at this, saying, "Everyone is in good health; > > nobody is in the sick ward. What does this mean?" > > > > After the meal Hyakujo led the monks to the foot of a rock on the far side > > of the mountain and with his staff poked out the dead body of a fox and > > performed the ceremony of cremation. > > > > That evening he ascended the rostrum and told the monks the whole story. > > obaku thereupon asked him, "The old man gave the wrong answer and was > > doomed to be a fox for five hundred rebirths. Now, suppose he had given the > > right answer, what would have happened then?" > > > > Hyakujo said, "You come here to me, and I will tell you." > > > > Obaku went up to Hyakujo and boxed his ears. Hyakujo clapped his hands with > > a laugh and exclaimed, "I was thinking that the barbarian had a red beard, > > but now I see before me the red-bearded barbarian himself." > > > > http://oaks.nvg.org/gate-struggles.html#2 > > > > > > --- In [email protected], Jue Miao Jing Ming - 覺å¦ç²¾æ > > <chan.jmjm@> wrote: > > > > > > Hi Bill, > > > > > > Sorry to admit that I have not read any English book about Zen. > > > > > > Please send me something. > > > > > > Thank you, > > > JM > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ 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/
