Merle and Mike, Okay, this story is labeled a 'parable' which as I said is not a koan - although could serve as the basis for a koan.
...Bill! --- In [email protected], uerusuboyo@... wrote: > > Merle,<br/><br/>With pleasure!<br/><br/>18. A Parable<br/><br/>Buddha told > a parable in sutra:<br/><br/>A man traveling across a field encountered a > tiger. He fled, the tiger after him. Coming to a precipice, he caught hold of > the root of a wild vine and swung himself down over the edge. The tiger > sniffed at him from above. Trembling, the man looked down to where, far > below, another tiger was waiting to eat him. Only the vine sustained > him.<br/><br/>Two mice, one white and one black, little by little started to > gnaw away the vine. The man saw a luscious strawberry near him. Grasping the > vine with one hand, he plucked the strawberry with the other. How sweet it > tasted!<br/><br/><br/>Sent from Yahoo! Mail for iPad > ------------------------------------ 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/
