Bill,
I am underwhelmed by these cute Zen anecdotes. In not too many words, what is the great truth being pointed at in this one? --ED --- In [email protected], William Rintala <brintala@...> wrote: > > Mike's question brought up memories of my earlier readings on Zen. The idea of > going beyond words and labeling things. The story that went something like "A > teacher placed a bowl in the center of a groud of monks and asked them to tell > him what it was. After several erudite philosophical responses one monk got up > and kicked the bowl." I may be mis-remembering the specifics but it went > something like that. I can understand intellectually what going beyond words > but getting to that place has proved most difficult. > Bill
