Suresh, Well, yes and no. Your own nature IS Buddha nature...
Edgar On Oct 24, 2012, at 8:55 PM, SURESH JAGADEESAN wrote: > > Zen is not on how to attain buddha nature rather it is how to dissolve your > own nature. > > suresh > > On Oct 25, 2012 5:31 AM, "Merle Lester" <[email protected]> wrote: > This message is eligible for Automatic Cleanup! ([email protected]) > Add cleanup rule | More info > > > > > yuk!.... merle > > > Joe, Merle, etc. > > It wasn't just a stick but a stick wrapped in something soft. I don't know > what the orientals wrapped them in but these were used by the Romans for > example where a sponge was wrapped around a stick. The sponges would be > dipped in water or more often vinegar to clean the bottom after defecating. > They were left beside the seats at public latrines for common use. > > In fact that is exactly what was used by the Roman soldiers when Jesus was on > the cross and asked for water. Instead they held up a shit wiping stick > dipped in vinegar to his mouth. > > A little known historical fact! > > Edgar > > > > On Oct 23, 2012, at 6:42 PM, Joe 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? >> > > > > > > >
