All, Enlightenment (awareness of Buddha Nature) ALWAYS COMES THROUGH AN EXPERIENCE! Examples are Hearing a pebble strike bamboo, seeing the Oak Tree in the Garden, Seeing (and perhaps Smelling) A Dried Shit Stick; and of course the Big Daddy of them all: Seeing the Morning Star Rising and it's follow-on Seeing the Flower Held Up at Vulture Peak.
Think about that for a while - or better yet don't. Just breathe in, breathe out. ...Bill! --- In [email protected], "Joe" <desert_woodworker@...> wrote: > > 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/
