Posts tagged ‘actions’

Sep 1 00

Inka Speech

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[Raises Zen stick over head, then hits table with stick.]

Don’t know mind is compassion mind, compassion mind is don’t know mind.

[Raises Zen stick over head, then hits table with stick.]

No don’t know mind, no compassion mind.

[Raises Zen stick over head, then hits table with stick.]

Don’t …

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Jun 1 99

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Three men are walking. The first man makes a sword sound, the second man waves his hands, and the third man picks up a handkerchief.

 

1. If you were there, what would be your correct function?

2. What is the relationship?

3. And lastly, what is the situation?

Commentary:

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Mar 1 99

Inka Speech

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[Raises Zen stick over head, then hits table with stick.]

The whole world is suffering. Sickness and death everywhere. For what purpose do we come into this world? Only to suffer?

[Raises Zen stick over head, then hits table with stick.]

No world, no coming, no going, no suffering, no …

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Jan 1 75

Who is it that Sees these Leaves?

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A Student wrote to Zen Master Seung Sahn:

 

In the Fall, there are leaves on the ground. If they are on a lawn, someone may come out of a house and sweep them into little piles. In the afternoon the wind comes and blows all the leaves away. Many …

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