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

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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.

On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 3:28 PM, Steve Castellotti <sc at puzzlebox.info>wrote:

>
> 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:
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> http://mrjam.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341c00c753ef0120a854c06e970b-pi
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>
> -SC
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>
>
> On 02/25/2011 03:22 PM, Molly Clare Wilson wrote:
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> 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>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>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>
>>> 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>
>>> > wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >> On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 1:59 PM, Christina Olson <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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