bill...sorry to disappoint you... however edgar also says it like it IS..merle
Merle, I believed you did not know this because of your MANY posts recently supporting Edgar's continual assertions that UNDERSTANDING is necessary for realizing Buddha Nature. ...Bill! --- In [email protected], Merle Lester <merlewiitpom@...> wrote: > > > >  but of course BILL.... what makes you believe i did not know this?...merle > > >  > Merle, > > Because Buddha Nature is not something you understand, it's something you > experience...Bill! > > --- In [email protected], Merle Lester <merlewiitpom@> wrote: > > > >  why not ?..merle > > > > > >  > > 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: > > > > > > > > > > > >  and is that not what the repeat as the mantra in the island > > > novel?...merle > > > > > > > > >  > > > 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? > > > > > > > > > >
