My first teacher had a card in her study from someone - the outside of the card said "There's just two words to remember about Zen" and the inside said "Not always so." Even the memory of it causes laughter.
--Chris Thanks, --Chris [email protected] +1-301-270-6524 On Wed, May 1, 2013 at 11:09 PM, Bill! <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > > > >
