Bob, Like Gutei's Finger...
--- In [email protected], "bobthomas564" <bobthomas564@...> wrote: > > There are as many quotes here as ideas. Should we have a sticky of favourite > quotes? > > Here is a couple I just came across which ring for me: > > "The one word which I dislike to hear is `Buddha.'" For Chao-chou, as for > Ma-tsu and Nan-ch'üan, Tao or Reality is neither mind, nor Buddha, nor a > thing. It transcends the universe of time and space, yet it pervades all > things. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > if you repeat the same answer to the same question, it becomes a dead > formula, mechanically remembered and perfunctorily delivered. Even if the > answer was original with you and had a wiggle of life in the beginning, your > systematic repetition of it is liable to take all life out of it until it > becomes as dead and dry as a sucked lemon. In this way, you easily degenerate > from a speaker into a parrot. > ------------------------------------ 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/
