Re: On taking off the collar
Zazen = taking off one's collar
so as to run free with the ....................
and realize the ................................
yup, dat!
Re: On taking off the collar
Many smiles while I read the story of George.
Thank you for the interesting view.
Gassho ~ Dave.
Re: On taking off the collar
Our cat, Tin Tin, seems rather oblivious to the collar even when on.
In life, can we be free of the collar, and let it be fully off ... even when we must where the collar and it is on? (Koany logic) Do not think of these things as either/or choices.
Shuzan said, holding up a stick: "Call this a stick and you assert; call it not a stick and you negate. Now, do not assert nor negate, and what would you call it? Speak, speak!"
Gassho, J
Re: On taking off the collar
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Originally Posted by Jundo
Shuzan said, holding up a stick: "Call this a stick and you assert; call it not a stick and you negate. Now, do not assert nor negate, and what would you call it? Speak, speak!"
Gassho, J
Hmmm - I can already tell this one is going to gnaw at me for a while...
Re: On taking off the collar
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Originally Posted by CraigfromAz
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Originally Posted by Jundo
Shuzan said, holding up a stick: "Call this a stick and you assert; call it not a stick and you negate. Now, do not assert nor negate, and what would you call it? Speak, speak!"
Gassho, J
Hmmm - I can already tell this one is going to gnaw at me for a while...
I should say we all need a good whack from the stick now and then :wink: