[Noisebridge-discuss] ATTENTION EVERYBODY: GET A LIFE!

[Steve Castellotti]

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."


"A Zen master once said to me, 'Do the opposite of whatever I tell you.' 
So I didn't."


And of course:

http://mrjam.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341c00c753ef0120a854c06e970b-pi


-SC




On 02/25/2011 03:22 PM, Molly Clare Wilson wrote:
> Why can't Buddha vacuum in the corner?
>
> The Buddha doesn't have any attachments.
>
> On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 3:17 PM, Christina Olson <daravinne at gmail.com 
> <mailto:daravinne at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     A Buddhist monk walks up to a hot dog vendor and says, Make me one
>     with everything.
>
>     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.
>
>
>
>     On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 3:10 PM, Albert Sweigart
>     <asweigart at gmail.com <mailto:asweigart at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>         ...the Master replied, "I started selling a series of
>         self-help books
>         and personal finance seminars."
>
>         On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 2:48 PM, Christina Olson
>         <daravinne at gmail.com <mailto:daravinne at gmail.com>> wrote:
>         > The student came before the Zen master, and asked, "What did
>         you do, before
>         > you were enlightened?" The Master replied, "Chop wood, and
>         carry water."
>         >  But the student was hoping to find something to help him on
>         his own path to
>         > enlightenment, and asked another question, "Master, what did
>         you do after
>         > you became enlightened?"
>         > The Master replied, "Chop wood, and carry water."
>         >
>         >
>         > On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 2:41 PM, Will Sargent
>         <will.sargent at gmail.com <mailto:will.sargent at gmail.com>>
>         > wrote:
>         >>
>         >> On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 1:59 PM, Christina Olson
>         <daravinne at gmail.com <mailto:daravinne at gmail.com>>
>         >> wrote:
>         >>>
>         >>> From what I've read, the statement is actually nuanced
>         like this:  "Do
>         >>> what you wish: be your own master, make your own decisions
>         and moral code,
>         >>> do not bow to an outside authority for the sake of it.
>          Recognize,
>         >>> understand, and accept the consequences of your actions.
>          Choose and act
>         >>> with awareness. Be at once prepared to receive the
>         benefits and punishments
>         >>> of your decisions, and if you find an outcome is
>         unpleasant to you, you have
>         >>> only the power over yourself to change that."
>         >>> It has a very Buddhist feel to it, but without the drive
>         towards
>         >>> "enlightenment" as a goal.
>         >>
>         >> At least to some Buddhists, the above statement is itself
>         Enlightenment,
>         >> and "enlightenment" is for people who can't face reality. :-)
>         >> Will.
>         >
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Steve Castellotti
Puzzlebox Limited

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