Did Bodhidharma hail from the West? Does one allegedly autistic individual, Bill Gates, do more good for humanity in a year than do all the Zazenning Zen and Chan practitioners in the US acccomplish in all their lifetimes put together?
--- In [email protected], Jue Miao Jing Ming wrote: > > Applaud, Bill.... Applaud. > > ED, > > > > You certainly don't need an entire book to represent the essence of > > zen. You don't even need a chapter. It has been very completely > > represented in one word: 'Mu!'; and better yet with no words: 'Gutei > > smiled and held up his finger.' > > > > The essense of zen is very, very simple. Any koan reveals that to you. > > The problem is that zen is SO SIMPLE that most people just won't > > accept that naked fact. They go on and on and on and on about just > > what zen is and about what a certain koan means,etc... > > > > ...Bill!
