William, Yes! That's one of my favorites too...Bill!
--- In [email protected], Email <brintala@...> 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!" <BillSmart@...> 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. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ 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/
