---I suppose you could change two monks to two guys walk into a bar.......
I agree it's good to keep things fresh and current to the times, but i'm not sure how much "easier" it would make them. The work is still before the student. Guy In [email protected], craig omanion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I also think there is a cultural gap in koans, especially if you try to just translate and contemplate them as they are. > > I suspect it is both the culture and the language. Not sure about issues cited in previous post (below).... > > While some may find value the koans them, I sit instead. > > I also find them entertaining and meaningful in their having been a major zen path in the east. If we were to culturally translate them into western zen, an interest of mine, some of them may well be worded different or take as their players, different types of metaphor/characters. > > Some koans, like 'two girls are walking down the road, which is older?' do well in any setting, and serve to put that rip in conceptual thinking that we all seem to find worthwhile. > > craig > http://www.amerizen.com > [ zen videos in all in one place ] > > > Al <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> skrev: > I realize that there are many interesting stories about Zen Koans. I have > found it to be very entertaining reading. > > However, some of the koans make me wonder if they do not have to be > interpreted based on a culture of alcoholism and illiteracy which existed > back in those days? Some of those stories only make sense if the people > involved had been drinking heavily. > > > > > > > --------------------------------- > Låna pengar utan säkerhet. > Sök och jämför hos Yahoo! Shopping. > Current Book Discussion: any Zen book that you recently have read or are reading! Talk about it today! Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zen_Forum/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zen_Forum/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
