A zen master was walking in the woods when he encountered a tiger. The tiger pursued him and chased him off of a cliff. falling from the cliff, the zen master grabbed the root of a tree and held himself, dangling over the chasm with the tiger looking down at him, salivating. There was a strawberry plant growing out of the side of the cliff. How sweet they tasted.<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 3:28 PM, Steve Castellotti <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:sc@puzzlebox.info">sc@puzzlebox.info</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
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A student is on one side of a raging river. There are no bridges. He
has no boat. He shouts out to the master on the opposite bank. “How
do I get to the other side?” The master shouts back: “You are on the
other side.”<br>
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“A Zen master once said to me, ‘Do the opposite of whatever I tell
you.’ So I didn't.” <br>
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On 02/25/2011 03:22 PM, Molly Clare Wilson wrote:
<blockquote type="cite">Why can't Buddha vacuum in the corner?<br>
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The Buddha doesn't have any attachments.<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 3:17 PM,
Christina Olson <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:daravinne@gmail.com" target="_blank">daravinne@gmail.com</a>></span>
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<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);padding-left:1ex">A Buddhist monk walks up to a hot dog
vendor and says, Make me one with everything.
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<div>The monk hands the vendor a $20. The vendor gives him
the hot dog, but nothing else. The monk says, where's my
change? Vendor says, Change comes from within.</div>
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PM, Albert Sweigart <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:asweigart@gmail.com" target="_blank">asweigart@gmail.com</a>></span>
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...the Master replied, "I started selling a series
of self-help books<br>
and personal finance seminars."<br>
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On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 2:48 PM, Christina Olson
<<a href="mailto:daravinne@gmail.com" target="_blank">daravinne@gmail.com</a>>
wrote:<br>
> The student came before the Zen master, and
asked, "What did you do, before<br>
> you were enlightened?" The Master replied,
"Chop wood, and carry water."<br>
> But the student was hoping to find
something to help him on his own path to<br>
> enlightenment, and asked another question,
"Master, what did you do after<br>
> you became enlightened?"<br>
> The Master replied, "Chop wood, and carry
water."<br>
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> On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 2:41 PM, Will
Sargent <<a href="mailto:will.sargent@gmail.com" target="_blank">will.sargent@gmail.com</a>><br>
> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 1:59 PM,
Christina Olson <<a href="mailto:daravinne@gmail.com" target="_blank">daravinne@gmail.com</a>><br>
>> wrote:<br>
>>><br>
>>> From what I've read, the statement
is actually nuanced like this: "Do<br>
>>> what you wish: be your own master,
make your own decisions and moral code,<br>
>>> do not bow to an outside authority
for the sake of it. Recognize,<br>
>>> understand, and accept the
consequences of your actions. Choose and act<br>
>>> with awareness. Be at once prepared
to receive the benefits and punishments<br>
>>> of your decisions, and if you find
an outcome is unpleasant to you, you have<br>
>>> only the power over yourself to
change that."<br>
>>> It has a very Buddhist feel to it,
but without the drive towards<br>
>>> "enlightenment" as a goal.<br>
>><br>
>> At least to some Buddhists, the above
statement is itself Enlightenment,<br>
>> and "enlightenment" is for people who
can't face reality. :-)<br>
>> Will.<br>
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