Anthony, You only told half the story...
After Hyakujo had buried the fox one of his students (Obaku)asked him, 'If the old man who had been turned into a fox had originally answered correctly, what then?' Hyakujo replied, 'Come closer and I'll tell you.' As Obaku aproached he reached out and pinched Hyakujo's nose. At that Hyakujo clapped his hands and exclaimed, 'I thought the barbarian's beard was red, but here is a barbarian with a red beard!' See THE GATELESS GATE, Case #2 for a full translation...Bill! --- In [email protected], Anthony Wu <wuasg@...> wrote: > > 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 <merlewiitpom@...> > 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 <merlewiitpom@...> > 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 <merlewiitpom@...> > 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 <merlewiitpom@...> > 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 <merlewiitpom@...> > 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 > > > ------------------------------------ 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/
