Yes, that's a good one. Just in from an hour in my Spring garden doing just that!
Edgar On May 1, 2013, at 2:09 PM, Email wrote: > > 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. >> > > > >> > > >> > >> > >
