ED, Come closer to Bill! and what you see is what you get WYSIWYG. Anthony
________________________________ From: ED <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, 20 August 2012, 21:55 Subject: Re: [Zen] to be fox or not to be or what? Bill!, Can you give me/us a hint as to how this story/koan demonstrates Buddha Nature? Thanks. --ED --- In mailto:Zen_Forum%40yahoogroups.com, "Bill!" <BillSmart@...> wrote: > > ED, > > There's no 'message' here, at least no intentional one. Zen koans are not intended to impart messages or knowledge. They are intended to demonstrate Buddha Nature. > > ...Bill! > > Bill! and All, > > > > Zenist word games are cute! > > > > But, in your opinion, what is the message? > > > > --ED > > > 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 mailto:Zen_Forum%40yahoogroups.com, 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
