Tuesday, October 17, 2006

Zen aha!

http://www.kwanumzen.com/primarypoint/v08n2-1991-summer-wkzm-whatisyouroriginalface.html

My favourite:

.............A famous Zen story is about two monks who were traveling together in the rainy season. They came to a small creek, overflowing with heavy rains. There they saw a lovely young girl in a silk kimono, unable to cross. One of the monks offered to carry her across on his shoulder, and did so. The monks walked on silently for a long time, until the other monk could not restrain himself and said, "We have precepts about not touching a woman. How could you so blatantly carry that girl on your shoulders?" The first monk replied, "Oh! I put that girl down a long time ago. Why are you still carrying her around?"..............

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