Merle, Because Buddha Nature is not something you understand, it's something you experience...Bill!
--- In [email protected], Merle Lester <merlewiitpom@...> wrote: > > Â why not ?..merle > > > Â > Merle, > > Yes. That's why I wrote it. > > Huxley's 'Attention! Attention! Here and Now Boys! Here and Now Boys!' is > the same thing as Joshu's 'The Oak Tree in the Garden' and 'Mu'', Unmon's > 'Dried Shit-Stick' Tozan's 'Three Pounds of Flax' and my 'Just THIS!'. > > Understand? (...and you better not answer 'YES!!!!') > > ...Bill! > > --- In [email protected], Merle Lester <merlewiitpom@> wrote: > > > > > > > > ÃÂ and is that not what the repeat as the mantra in the island > > novel?...merle > > > > > > ÃÂ > > Merle, > > > > Or, if you prefer, "Attention! Attention! Here and Now Boy! Here and > > Now!" > > > > ...Bill! > > > > --- In [email protected], "Joe" <desert_woodworker@> wrote: > > > > > > Merle, > > > > > > The latter, I think. I imagine it was fashioned in the form of a flat > > > blade, like a palette-knife, or putty knife, probably from a broad thin > > > piece of architectural bamboo. > > > > > > It must have been a common enough accessory in use at the Ch'an > > > monasteries, some of which housed hundreds of monks or nuns, and the > > > latrines must have been extensive. And so the Master made use of the > > > stick as an example, in his teaching. > > > > > > Others might have answered, "The Oak Tree in the court yard" (but at some > > > of the monasteries on high mountains, Oaks did not grow, but mostly Pines > > > did/do). Bamboo could be brought up from below, for building, and for > > > implements. > > > > > > Still others might have answered, "Just THIS!". > > > > > > The Master was very compassionate, bringing the student back into the > > > "here and now" with what he said and how he said it. > > > > > > --Joe > > > > > > > Merle Lester <merlewiitpom@> wrote: > > > > > > > > huh??????? wiping what.... the toilet or the arse?.. > > > > so it's an arse wiping stick? > > > > > > ------------------------------------ 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/
