JM, If you correct your spelling: Su Dong Po, instead of Xu... you will stand up to the eight winds. Anthony
--- On Wed, 27/7/11, Jue Miao Jing Ming - 覺妙精明 <[email protected]> wrote: From: Jue Miao Jing Ming - 覺妙精明 <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Zen] Re: Zen elements? To: [email protected] Date: Wednesday, 27 July, 2011, 9:44 AM Now I am being blown away by the Eight Winds.... :-) Have you ever heard the story of the Eight Winds and the Chinese Poet Xu Dong Po? 八風吹不動。。蘇東坡。。 Perhaps Anthony can share.. :-) Learn the Basics of Chan Meditation... http://www.chan-meditation.org Chan in everyday life... http://www.chanliving.org To be enlightened in this life... http://www.heartchan.org To save our world... http://www.universal-oneness.org On 7/26/2011 6:18 PM, Bill! wrote: I like JMJM too. Even though I don't agree with everything he says I know whatever he posts is heartfelt and done so in an honest attempt to communicate Chan. He is a valuable addition to our forum. ...Bill! --- In [email protected], Anthony Wu <wuasg@...> wrote: > > Mayka, >  > Contrary to what I say sometimes, I also like JMJM. >  > Anthony > > --- On Wed, 27/7/11, Maria Lopez <flordeloto@...> wrote: > > > From: Maria Lopez <flordeloto@...> > Subject: Re: [Zen] Re: Zen elements? > To: [email protected] > Date: Wednesday, 27 July, 2011, 4:45 AM > > >  > > > > > > > > > Agree with Chris. Very well explained and what I also think about JMJM. > Mayka > > --- On Tue, 26/7/11, Chris Austin-Lane <chris@...> wrote: > > > From: Chris Austin-Lane <chris@...> > Subject: Re: [Zen] Re: Zen elements? > To: [email protected] > Date: Tuesday, 26 July, 2011, 20:09 > > >  > > > When I read JMJM's dismissal of his speach, it comes across to me as a way of > acknowledging that words are imperfect ways to share experience.  I find it > humble and honest, not with the negative connotation I associate with > sophisty.  > > > He's not attacking people then pretending he said nothing; he's sharing the > words his group uses for their "Theory of Zen Practise" and then disclaiming > those words as being just words.  > > > Thanks, > > --Chris > chris@... > +1-301-270-6524 > > > > On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 8:33 AM, Mark Perew <mperew@...> wrote: > > Regardless of the derivation of the word, to say something then dismiss it is > sophistry. Words cannot be unsaid. >
