joe..my understanding of zen was it reached to the bone of the matter...merle
>There's an abundance of resources in a koan because you never know what is >going to light someone's Dharma Candle. This one illuminates, "for an awakened person, there IS no self, and that for the awakened person, there is nothing that is not his (true) Self". ________________________________ From: Joe <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, 26 October 2012, 1:06 Subject: Re: [Zen] Here Is A Koan that Edgar Could not Write Merle, Leave it to these Mortals, to look a gift-horse in the mouth! (they raise a dust, and complain that they cannot see; they receive a Cheesecake, and complain it is rich for their blood!) It's not a Trojan-Horse, don't be afraid of Content. (When you practice with it, you make it as short as you need to. There's an abundance of resources in a koan because you never know what is going to light someone's Dharma Candle. This is as it's been throughout history: I am not trying to stand out, nor to fit in). A koan case looks like this. We've seen none from Edgar. So I have taken a dancer by the arms and gone out onto the floor. I like the sawdust out there... I am at home. --Joe > Merle Lester <merlewiitpom@...> wrote: > > thank you joe... > must the koan be that long winded? [snip]
