Joe, I have to admit I didn't read it to the end either. After a few paragraphs and I scanned down and realized how long it was I found the irony of the juxtaposition of the premise versus the practice much more instructive than anything that could possibly be learned from reading the text.
...Bill! --- In [email protected], "Joe" wrote: > > Bill!, > > I'll say the irony was not lost on me, either! > > But if you read ALL of that, then your stamina exceeds mine, as does your > tolerance of drivel. Any entertainment-value wore out quickly for me, and I > suspected that the post was cribbed online from some would-be teacher like > "Osho", or some such other dangerous poseur. > > Now I'll put on my catcher's mitt and collect all the overripe tomatoes sure > to come my way, pitched by some others here, and'll don my goggles to protect > me from the splatter sure to leak through the webbing. > > Gee, I have to admit I haven't had a baseball glove on in too long; I guess > I miss being 13. > > Cheers, and greetings in the New Year, > > --Joe > > > "Bill!" wrote: > > > > Merle, > > > > I've heard the tea story many times before. > > > > What I mean when I said 'run through me' is that I discard both tea (turn > > it into urine and expel it) and the intellectual treatise Suresh inserted > > after the story as fast as I take it in. > > > > The irony in Suresh's posting (IMO) is that is starts it out with a nice > > little zen story which illustrates how you must empty your intellect before > > you can realize Buddha Nature, and then goes on to try to fill our heads > > with a long (for this forum) intellectual discourse. > > > > I found that ironical and amusing... > ------------------------------------ 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/
