Tying a Rotten Rope to a Cloud

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

This point means open is closed, closed is open. Everything is changing, changing, changing. This is the world of impermanence, the …

Happy Buddha’s Birthday

When Buddha was born, he sprang out of his mother’s hip, walked seven steps, said, “Heaven above, earth below, only I am holy.”

[hits table with zen stick]

When you and I were born, we sprung from our mother’s uterus, dropped into the doctor’s arms, and screamed, “WAAAAAAAAH!”

[hits table …