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#157448 - 06/18/05 01:34 AM Zen upside yo' head
JoelM Professional Poster Registered: 07/26/04 Posts: 6355 Loc: Georgia, USA	A beginning student complained to his master that the meditation practice of following the breath was boring. The Zen master unexpectedly grabbed the student and held his head under water for quite a long time while the student struggled to come up. Finally, he let the student go. "Now how boring is your breath?" he asked. -Zen Mondo -yes, this is the daily zen
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#157449 - 06/18/05 02:38 AM Re: Zen upside yo' head [Re: JoelM]
Kintama Professional Poster Registered: 04/17/05 Posts: 2724 Loc: Massachusetts	some of these Zen guys teach rough...slapping with sandals, getting beatup in the kitchen fetching soup (or as some would write, 'soap'), and now forced bobbing for apprentices. lol I don't know about this Zen stuff...maybe I'll just stick to full-contact kumite. ok, on topic: We don't fully appreciate the things in life until they are taken away. "Of all the things I've lost, I miss my mind the most."
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#157450 - 06/18/05 11:31 AM Re: Zen upside yo' head [Re: Kintama]
harlan Professional Poster Registered: 07/31/04 Posts: 6660 Loc: Amherst, MA	I got a good giggle from this one...tickled me funny bone, it did! Best part: student no worse off fromt the lesson. _________________________ http://www.traditionalfightingartsforum.com/phpBB3/
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#157451 - 06/19/05 01:06 AM Day 2 [Re: JoelM]
JoelM Professional Poster Registered: 07/26/04 Posts: 6355 Loc: Georgia, USA	It is a big mistake to think that the best way to express yourself is to do whatever you want, acting however you please. This is not expressing yourself. If you know what to do exactly, and you do it, then you can express yourself fully. - Shunryu Suzuki
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#157452 - 06/19/05 05:39 AM Re: Day 2 [Re: JoelM]
Bushi_no_ki Veteran Registered: 05/03/05 Posts: 1667 Loc: POM, Monterey CA	There's a big difference between express and excess. Doing "whatever you want" only leads to ruin. Doing what you feel to be truly good and right is expressing yourself.
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#157453 - 06/19/05 01:24 PM Re: Zen upside yo' head [Re: Kintama]
nenipp Veteran Registered: 04/13/04 Posts: 1205	Kintama, if you should see me try to do something else, you wouldn't bee complaining about my spelling
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#157454 - 06/19/05 05:54 PM Re: Day 2 [Re: JoelM]
Cord Prolific Registered: 01/13/05 Posts: 11399 Loc: Cambridge UK.	Freedom of speech does not mean it is always wise to speak freely. _________________________ Don't let the door hit ya' where the good lord split ya' http://cord.mybrute.com
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#157455 - 06/20/05 12:17 AM Day 3 [Re: JoelM]
JoelM Professional Poster Registered: 07/26/04 Posts: 6355 Loc: Georgia, USA	After the ecstay, the laundry. - Zen saying (I know what you're thinking, bite your tounge)
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#157456 - 06/20/05 01:01 AM Re: Day 3 [Re: JoelM]
nenipp Veteran Registered: 04/13/04 Posts: 1205	if you take drugs, your clothes may get dirty
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#157457 - 06/20/05 01:03 AM Re: Day 3 [Re: nenipp]
nenipp Veteran Registered: 04/13/04 Posts: 1205	(my tongue hurts like hell, but my fingers work just fine)
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