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5. Kyogen Mounts the Tree
Kyogen said: `Zen is like a man hanging in a tree by his teeth over a precipice. His hands grasp no branch, his feet rest on no limb, and under the three another person asks him: `Why does Bodhidharma come to China from India?’`If the man in tree does not answer, he fails; and if…
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Paradise of the Fathers
One of the old men said, “It is written concerning Solomon that he loved women, but every male loveth the females, and we must restrain and draw onwards our nature by main force to purity.”
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Groups I Belong to
Hippie Family Ausin Texas Family
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Something I Wish I Hadn’t Thrown Away
To Wonderland Journal
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If I Could Only See for a Day
Today I Today.
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10 Things to do Before 2012
Melbourne Sky Wheel Vacation x10
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How the Current Economic Climate Has Affected Me
You’re a superstar Yes
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4. A Beardless Foreigner
Wakun complained when he saw a picture of the bearded Bodhidharma: `Why hasn’t that fellow a beard?’ Mumon’s comment: If you want to study Zen, you must it with your heart. When you attain realization, it must be true realization. You yourself must have the face of the great Bodhidharma to see him. Just once…
David Given Schwarm
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David Given Schwarm 