thank you anthony..maybe i have heard it but it left no impression on me...and still holds no appeal...merle fbMerle, Looks like you have not heard the story of the Wild Fox Zen. I will present it in a simple way. The famous Chinese monk Hyakujo (literally a hundred yard) found an old man always present in his dharma talk. He curiously asked who he was, and was replied that he was a fox, and had stayed that way for 500 years. The reason why he reincarnated as a fox for so long was that he claimed that a successful practitioner would have escaped the law of cause and effect. To that, Hyakujo gave the old man a 'turning word' that successful practice will not 'obscure the causative law. The old man was immediately liberated. After the dharma talk that night, the sangha discovered a corpse of a wild fox, and they buried him according to the sangha ritual. That is the story of Master Hundred Yard and the Fox. Anthony
From: Merle Lester <[email protected]> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, 18 August 2012, 15:45 Subject: Re: [Zen] to be fox or not to be or what? i do respect the laws of cause and effect anthony. ..why does that mean i am must be a fox.? some ancient law in china? .. i am who i am... i follow my own path..steer my own ship... what do you do? sometimes our destiny is shaped by circumstances beyond our control don't even go there anthony ..there is too much mental anguish to discuss the way of the world wolf Wolf, In China (and Thailand), if you don't respect the rule of cause and effect, you are destined to be a fox, which is borne out by the story of Hyukujo. I don't know what becomes of you in Australia. Anthony From: Merle Lester <[email protected]> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, 18 August 2012, 7:39 Subject: [Zen] to be fox or not to be or what? i don't follow all the rules anthony... you go as foxes. ..my daughter's 2 beautiful laying hens were slaughtered by a fox last night ..the red hen only laid her very first egg that day..( the grandson age 4 was so happy to have the freshly laid egg for his breakfast) .... we did not have foxes in australia..they were introduced no doubt by the english toffs..for their fox hunting "bullshit"... . i am a wolf and that is that. ..we all evolve anthony..you go for it.. ...i remember back in the 1050's fox fur with the head attached were very popular with toffy women to drape around their necks in winter to be so called in the height of fashion. ..me i am the mongolian wolf...so that is that wolf merle Merle, Forget a wolf. 'Fox' has a special meaning. Both Bill! and I agnored the cause and effect law, so we reincarnated as foxes. He was there longer. Fortunately Joshu gave him his book a Guide to Wild Fox Zen, so he was not bored. Again, I was refused when I tried to borrow the book. Anthony From: Merle Lester <[email protected]> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, 16 August 2012, 8:38 Subject: Re: [Zen] some folk have all the luck is it karma? meaning what anthony? i'd prefer to be a wolf myself merle Merle, He was a real fox. I was the same animal at the same time, but he refused to sign me up to his club. Anthony From: Merle Lester <[email protected]> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, 14 August 2012, 15:18 Subject: Re: [Zen] some folk have all the luck is it karma? anthony..was he a fox or a wolf..or a sheep in wolf's clothing? merle Merle, Do you include his past life as a fox, and one he spent with a beutiful widow ghost? Anthony From: Merle Lester <[email protected]> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, 13 August 2012, 16:48 Subject: [Zen] some folk have all the luck is it karma? thank you bill for sharing... you seem to have had many past lives...and packed in quite a bit. ..lucky devil with a young bride to take you through the golden years... merle Very Nice! Here's my personal site: http://www.billsmart.com/ ..Bill! --- In [email protected], Merle Lester <merlewiitpom@...> wrote: > > > > i asked permission... KG...said it was okay to post > merle > > > http://www.kgrey.com/ > > > > > > "for one moment our lives met > our souls touched" > oscar wilde >
