Guest --zeSto-- Posted August 22, 2002 Share Posted August 22, 2002 a) By calling it anything, the cheif monk named it. or B) Isan the cooking monk put the object under his foot, which made it a shoe, and therefore the cheif monk had already said its name. or c) The chief monk named what it wasnt (not a shoe). Isan made it become 'not a vase' by pouring out the water. By making it 'not a vase' it became as good a 'not a shoe'. *phew* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest imported_El Mamerro Posted August 22, 2002 Share Posted August 22, 2002 d) Zen buddhists are out of their fucking minds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest --zeSto-- Posted August 23, 2002 Share Posted August 23, 2002 E) they do crazy things just to fuck with us 'round-eyes'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest drunken phil Posted August 23, 2002 Share Posted August 23, 2002 :crazy: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mental invalid Posted August 23, 2002 Share Posted August 23, 2002 im printing this thread...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zen Posted August 23, 2002 Share Posted August 23, 2002 The great Taoist master Chuang Tzu once dreamt that he was a butterfly fluttering here and there. In the dream he had no awareness of his individuality as a person. He was only a butterfly. Suddenly, he awoke and found himself laying there, a person once again. But then he thought to himself, "Was I before a man who dreamt about being a butterfly, or am I now a butterfly who dreams about being a man?" this is the best one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pistol Posted March 26, 2003 Author Share Posted March 26, 2003 What was the appearence of your face before your ancestors were born? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RumPuncher Posted March 26, 2003 Share Posted March 26, 2003 Originally posted by --zeSto-- I read that one quite some time ago, then after a depressing encounter with a girl, found it again. It's utterly profound. :nope: what a wanker If you don't sleep, when does late night become ealry morning? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pistol Posted March 26, 2003 Author Share Posted March 26, 2003 If one does not allow himself to sleep does the idea of night or day matter? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RumPuncher Posted March 26, 2003 Share Posted March 26, 2003 Yes, if only becasue the will of a man can not superceede the will of the world. If sleep doesn't matter to this man, then neither will day or night, or ddark or light. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RumPuncher Posted March 26, 2003 Share Posted March 26, 2003 so one monk said "why would anyone try to be like makros?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RumPuncher Posted April 15, 2003 Share Posted April 15, 2003 Originally posted by Zen Master Pistol Tanzan and Ekido were once travelling together down a muddy road. A heavy rain was still falling. Coming around a bend, they met a lovely girl in a silk kimono and sash, unable to cross the intersection. "Come on, girl," said Tanzan at once. Lifting her in his arm, as he carried her over the mud. Ekido did not speak again until that night when they reached a lodging temple. Then he no longer could restrain himself. "We monks don't go near females," he told Tanzan, "especially noy young and lovely ones. It is dangerous. Why did you do that?" "I left the girl there," said Tanzan. "Are you still carrying her?" this one seems to be a reoccuring theme. bump Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villain Posted April 15, 2003 Share Posted April 15, 2003 I'm STUCK on step 9!!!!! I'm having problems "In the World". "Better to have been blind and deaf from the beginning!" What a waste. I didn't even know there was a step after this. So here I am showing up naked and I gotta trade this wine for a staff. Either I'm old now or I'm busting heads. Probably both. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 5, 2004 Share Posted January 5, 2004 reworked from a taoist book I'm reading... Can you be satisfied by knowing when you are satisfied? Is it possible to know satisfaction with having over indulged? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dELiSs Posted February 24, 2004 Share Posted February 24, 2004 When you insist that things are real you miss their true reality. When you insist that things are unreal you also miss their true reality. when you are at the root itself, you'll know the meaning of all things. If you run after appearances you miss the primal source. At the moment of awakening Both emptiness and form are left behind. If you are clinging to anything you surely will fall into wrong path. Just let go of clinging mind then all things will fall in their right places. In essence nothing goes or stays. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ounceaddict Posted February 24, 2004 Share Posted February 24, 2004 Holy Quraan is the only way yeah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auragod Posted April 4, 2011 Share Posted April 4, 2011 ....koan...... i like that word....i like what makes up that word.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the.crooked Posted April 4, 2011 Share Posted April 4, 2011 really? cmooaaaannnn... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomfoolery Posted April 5, 2011 Share Posted April 5, 2011 yes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pistol Posted April 5, 2011 Author Share Posted April 5, 2011 neg'd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
!@#$% Posted April 8, 2011 Share Posted April 8, 2011 hmm. good thread. but what a dumbump Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swindle Posted April 8, 2011 Share Posted April 8, 2011 man who looks at his feet while walking will never see what is infront of him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ohnoone Posted April 8, 2011 Share Posted April 8, 2011 i was so wise back in 2002. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john_gacy Posted April 9, 2011 Share Posted April 9, 2011 That's a good book. I like the story of the two monks crossing the stream. I love to hit them girls from the back, and can't help but wonder what is the sound of one cheek clapping? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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