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Last edited by Myozan Kodo; 12-14-2012 at 08:11 PM.
...check his teeth. You might have rushed brushing them in the morning.
Gassho,
Hans Chudo Mongen
Ask for directions
Gassho
Shawn
say hello
Oaken
Trying to go straight ahead on a narrow mountain path which has ninety-three curves
If? Is Buddha not always on the road?
Walk together until you go your own way.
Gassho
Yugen
When is the Buddha not met? Buddha meets Buddha as Buddha in Buddha shoes Buddhas on down a road that's also Buddha.
Yet, I would ask him directions for the fastest and best route to Buddha.
(this is a fun game)
ALL OF LIFE IS OUR TEMPLE
Tip your hat and smile in recognition,
Then let go as you pass him by
Riding the ox backwards
Into the unknown
In a spring outside time, flowers bloom on a withered tree;
you ride a jade elephant backwards, chasing the winged dragon-deer;
now as you hide far beyond innumerable peaks--
the white moon, a cool breeze, the dawn of a fortunate day
...smile...
Heisoku 平 息
Every day is a journey, and the journey itself is home. (Basho)
be yourself
Thank you for your practice
. . . I probably wouldn't even recognize him.
He thinks, "Wow, that guy looks just like the Buddha!" Oops! He forgot where he is going.
... watch where you're stepping or you'll slip on the ice.
...just mean that you have been blind before, utterly blind, now it stands in front of you, don t get another kind of blindness. Whatever, but please don t be attached and look behind you as you part. You simply cannot part. And nobody needs to make a big deal out of it. So, whatever...
Gassho
Taigu
wasn't this a koan and the answer was 'kill him'
meaning don't make buddha or anything out of self and other.
what is meeting?
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Rich
MUHYO
無 (MU, Emptiness) and 氷 (HYO, Ice) ... Emptiness Ice ...
https://instagram.com/notmovingmind
Of course every single answer you have given so far to this koan is right. Whatever. And you don t even need to recognize it, it-she-he cannot be recognized, just lived.
Gassho
Taigu
Yes Rich, and killing precisely means the self getting to meet the self within the self, concepts, ideas, expectations, the whole garbage and load dropped. So smiling, running, showing him the way do apply. There is not a single answer to this. It would be still carving an idea as to how to proceed.
Gassho
Taigu
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Rich
MUHYO
無 (MU, Emptiness) and 氷 (HYO, Ice) ... Emptiness Ice ...
https://instagram.com/notmovingmind
That was my thought, too, Rich: What is there to do? Paraphrasing a Heinlein character, "Thou art Buddha!"
Or how about this: You merge into each other as you go your separate ways.
Gassho,
Lisa
Now, can we please stop the analyzing and get on with filling in the blanks!
In a spring outside time, flowers bloom on a withered tree;
you ride a jade elephant backwards, chasing the winged dragon-deer;
now as you hide far beyond innumerable peaks--
the white moon, a cool breeze, the dawn of a fortunate day
...excuse me, just one thing.....
Heisoku 平 息
Every day is a journey, and the journey itself is home. (Basho)
... Oh, or on the information super highway ...
Keep on fanning
合掌,生開
gassho, Shokai
仁道 生開 / Jindo Shokai
"Open to life in a benevolent way"
https://sarushinzendo.wordpress.com/
All the really clever responses have been taken... even the no response..
ah..