So what is the sound of a planned but unmade bell ringing in the Zendo? Thanks,
--Chris [email protected] +1-301-270-6524 On Fri, Nov 30, 2012 at 10:43 AM, Joe <[email protected]> wrote: > RAF, > > A man after my own heart (no, not THAT kind of "after"). ;-) > > The bronze pennies (1982 and pre-) are worth more than a red cent these > days, too, I gather. But I do not take that into account in the following > calculation. > > I once wanted to begin a Sangha project of collecting 10,000 US Pennies, > minted before 1983. I would have asked Sangha members to save up from > change they receive, or to raid their kids' piggie banks, and reimburse the > kids with sugar-coated pennies minted of-late. My purpose was to take the > collection, ensure that they amount to exactly 10,000, and use them in the > founding of a bell, or a flat plate. > > The practice of foundry-work was too much for me then, and building a > foundry at home is what put me off. It might have been a useful and > productive challenge. I let it go. > > But I collected the pennies myself. Jars of them. > > Anyway, I would have made for our Sangha what I would have called, "The > Hundred Dollar Bell". > > The significance is the 10,000 Things, in One. > > "The Ten Thousand things return to the One: what does the One return to?" > > And the ringing of it or the striking of it would be its function in the > Zendo, worth its weight in Gold to hear. > > --Joe > > > R A Fonda <rafonda@...> wrote: > > > > On 11/30/2012 7:48 AM, Edgar Owen wrote: > > > A silver dime should be no problem... > > > > Yeah, dimes are the way to go. Spending silver ounces would involve > > taking too much fiat-garbage in change, for most purchases. Also, the > > circulated character of old dimes makes them self-authenticating, > > whereas shiny new silver rounds, or even eagles, may someday be as > > problematic as gold-plated tungsten is becoming. > [snip] > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Current Book Discussion: any Zen book that you recently have read or are > reading! Talk about it today!Yahoo! Groups Links > > > >
