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Recieved: 2002/12/07 08:48
Subject: Re: [K-list] Awakened vs. Enlightened
From: JR
On 2002/12/07 08:48, JR posted thus to the K-list: Love those quotes ! Chang Tsu and Lao Tsu are favotite reading. love jr
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Sent: Friday, December 06, 2002 5:46 AM
Subject: [K-list] Awakened vs. Enlightened> Greetings,
>
> To me, "Awakened" means realizing that there is a spiritual path to be
> walked. "Enlightenment" is realizing that the path merely leads you in a
big
> circle.
>
> A monk asked, "What is a person that goes beyond Buddha?"
> Master Joshu replied, "Any person who leads an ox or plows a field."
> Once a monk asked, "What is Holy?"
> Master Joshu replied, "Not ordinary."
> So the monk asked, "What is ordinary?"
> Joshu said, "Not Holy"
> Puzzled, the monk then asked, "What about it when there is neither Holy
nor
> ordinary?"
> "Ahhh!" said Joshu, "THAT is a good Zen monk."
> ..................................from The Recorded Sayings Of Zen Master
> Joshu
>
> Jason B
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