William, You've got a piece of it! The actual story has nothing to do with fools, and the word does not appear. The practitioner central to the story was ripe to awaken, through dedicated intense practice. Usually people awaken due to some cooperating cause. In his case (it was a monk), it was a sound, the sound of a stone striking a hollow bamboo.
Many folks do not awaken while seated; some do. Hear the account by a modern Ch'an master, a young fellow aged only 36, Ven. Guo Jun (a Dharma heir of my teacher, the Ven. Sheng Yen). The video below is at the TRICYCLE Magazine website. The account of the awakening begins soon after the 05:50 minute mark of the video below: http://www.tricycle.com/web-exclusive/returning-home Best!, --Joe > William Rintala <brintala@...> wrote: > > Well then if not idiots, Fools then. I distinctly remember stories whose > main protaganists were dubbed fools. One was of someone sweeping a walkway, > and lost in discussion or contemplation, his broom struck a tile and as it > clattered away be was enlightened. ------------------------------------ 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/
