Hi Joe - Thank you so much for posting this video. It is wonderful. So much to touch you, so much lost and nothing gained. Brings back a big experience I had of being lost in small box that contained the universe, and seeing matter as all pervading, all encompassing and sucking me into it.
Bob --- In [email protected], siska <siska_cen@...> wrote: > > Hi Joe, > > Is it common for a zen master to share his experience the way it is > documented in this video? > > Siska > > > Sent from Samsung tabletJoe <desert_woodworker@...> wrote:William, > > You've got a piece of it! The actual story has nothing to do with fools, and > the word does not appear. The practitioner central to the story was ripe to > awaken, through dedicated intense practice. Usually people awaken due to some > cooperating cause. In his case (it was a monk), it was a sound, the sound of > a stone striking a hollow bamboo. > > Many folks do not awaken while seated; some do. > > Hear the account by a modern Ch'an master, a young fellow aged only 36, Ven. > Guo Jun (a Dharma heir of my teacher, the Ven. Sheng Yen). The video below is > at the TRICYCLE Magazine website. The account of the awakening begins soon > after the 05:50 minute mark of the video below: > > http://www.tricycle.com/web-exclusive/returning-home > > Best!, > > --Joe > > William Rintala <brintala@> wrote: > > > > Well then if not idiots, Fools then. I distinctly remember stories whose > > main protaganists were dubbed fools. One was of someone sweeping a > > walkway, and lost in discussion or contemplation, his broom struck a tile > > and as it clattered away be was enlightened. > ------------------------------------ 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/
