Re: [Zen] Compounding Vanity

[Kathleen Knight]

fabulous ----- Original Message ----- From: jayryunen To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2004 2:34 PM Subject: [Zen] Compounding Vanity AC, I can't help myself. I just keep making a fool of myself. Here's some more mere cleverness for you to scorn... A Warning Mere talk of Zen Is vain boasting; Extensive discourse and lofty talk Take matters further afield. It is like seeking reality Through empty forms, Like producing visual distortions By rubbing the eyes. Though you pursue things, They're after all illusory: Snap your head around, And you arrive home. Don't blame me for talking so harshly- Opening up the heart, There should be no blockage. Drawing Back from Error Thirty-six hundred side-door methods Fixated people are befuddled by them; Daily wasting attention On reifying views, When will they ever understand Life And return to the root? Why speak of exceptional attainment Of intellectual brilliance? Expertise in intellectual knowledge Is not worth discussing. All forms and names, All external characterizations, Ultimately amount to no more Than so much mental gymnastics.             The Book of Balance and Harmony Oh dear, the hole just keeps getting deeper, doesn't it? Hopeless, hopeless. Better go sit! Blessings, Ryunen         Noble Eightfold Path: Right View, Right Intention, Right Speech, Right  Action, Right Effort, Right Mindfulness, Right Concentration, Right Livelihood Noble Eightfold Path: Right View, Right Intention, Right Speech, Right  Action, Right Effort, Right Mindfulness, Right Concentration, Right Livelihood Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ADVERTISEMENT Yahoo! Groups Links To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZenForum/   To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]   Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.