bill...are we not all teachers?,,,and all students?..who are we if not teacher and student rolled into one..?..merle Merle,
I'm not a zen teacher, certainly don't feel qualified to make up a koan nor to work with anyone on an existing koan. I'll have to pass on this one. ...Bill! --- In [email protected], Merle Lester <merlewiitpom@...> wrote: > > > > > yes so get cracking ...let's have the koan!!!!!!!!!! merle > > > > > Â > 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 > > >
