Peace be yours Dave the Druid
Just a little bit more? Hi Evilpoet;) I know yours was the last 101st but isn't this just too much fun to abandon? Empty yourself of...
Make me LOL Lykan, I hadn't heard that one before. Perhaps that is the essence of the ordinary mind. Dave the Druid
It either is or isn't. The way is like a deep river Calm, flowing and unfathomable Yet is unlike a river It is like a Mountain Strong, solid and...
Being without being Hi Evilpoet ;) One of the greatest conumdrums is how to teach without being a teacher. I am not trying to teach but I am trying...
Answers yes But are they good answers? ;) Dave the Druid :D
Some answers Hi Evilpoet ;) Mumon asserts that " If anyone can open one eye at this point and say a word of Zen,..." implisedly 'I have the...
So much for the buffalo! And Mumon! Mumon's comment is too limited to be accepted. In it he fails to see that there are myriad possibilities of any...
Sounds Like ... Lycan that story sound remarkably like 'Appointment in Sumara'. Have you heard of it, or read it?
Hi Lycan Nice response:) I've been at it for more than 20 yrs. I like your take on eclecticism and avoiding dogma (rather one of the biggest pains...
CV Hi Lycan:) If I might enquire, what is your expirence with Zen? Do subscribe to a specific school? Dave the Druid
Excellent Quote! Hi Evilpoet and Firefly! An excellent quote on words as guide posts. :) Dave the Druid
Good read Firefly Craving or obsession... To want is in direct conflict with the path of Zen. All desires are extinguished... Dave the Druid...
Sophistry Hi Evil poet;) I am begining to think that all this quoting is detracting from the true Zen. Without going outside, you may know the...
Grasping at clouds Look out of the corner your eye and you might just see it Colors blind people’s eyes, Sounds deafen their ears; Flavors...
What of the Way? Hi Evilpoet If in seeking we can't find and if in not seeking we won't find; then what is the Way? They Way is all around us and...
What is is, what isn't isn't Hi Evilpoet! ;) The very nature of Zen is to grasp at clouds. It both attainable and unatinable. The closer to the...
Not quite Hi Firefly, A good take, but not quite. To 'merely' have a photographic memory is to dismiss other equally deep parts of Zen. For...
Being Aware Being Zen is being aware at all times of all things, Not knowing where the umbrella was showed a lack of awareness(Zen) at that moment....
Works for some Heya Firefly, It should be with one all the time but other concerns can creep in. As in the storey the student was preparing to pass...
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