My favorite is "Sitting quietly, doing nothing. Spring comes, and the grass grows by itself." There is something so soothing about that. It makes me giddy just saying it.
Sent from my iPhone On May 1, 2013, at 2:07 AM, "Bill!" <[email protected]> wrote: > Except Gutei's Finger works fine for Gutei, but not for his apprentice...Bill! > > --- In [email protected], "bobthomas564" <bobthomas564@...> wrote: > > > > The same to you Bill as I return the finger to Gutei. > > > > --- In [email protected], "Bill!" <BillSmart@> wrote: > > > > > > 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. > > > > > > > > > > >
