Hi all Who wants to question? Who seeks answer? What is that he wants? Why no answers fullfill him?
Suresh On 10/25/12, Edgar Owen <[email protected]> wrote: > 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? >>> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > > -- Thanks and best regards J.Suresh New No.3, Old No.7, Chamiers road - 1st Lane, Alwarpet, Chennai - 600018 Ph: 044 42030947 Mobile: 91 9884071738 ------------------------------------ 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/
