good one chris merle
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 > > > > >
