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alpha0  ·  3512 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Spirituality and Religion -TNG Podcast featuring members of the Hubski Community

There is quite a lot that can be said here but then ..





thenewgreen  ·  3512 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against you.
-I'm assuming you are linking to that phrase and not the litany of advertisements there.

What does that passage mean to you?

alpha0  ·  3512 days ago  ·  link  ·  

[Master Dogen related a] story about two Chinese Zen masters, Shigong Huizang (n.d.; Shakkyo Ezo in Japanese), and his younger Dharma brother, Xitang Zhizang (735-814; Seido Chizo in Japanese).

     Shigong asked
         Do you know how to grasp space?

     The younger brother, Zhizang said
         Yes I do.

     Shigong asked
          How do you grasp it?

     Zhizang stroked the air with his hand.

     Shigong said
          You don't know how to grasp space.

     Zhizang asked
          How do you grasp it, older brother?

     Shigong grasped his younger brother's nose and yanked. 
     [It might even be read that he stuck his finger in the younger brother's nostril before pulling ..]

     Either way, Zhizang yelled in pain: 
          You're killing me! You tried to pull my nose off!

     Shigong said 
          You can grasp it now!
Since you like music, my friend, I refer you to Laurie Anderson .. ;)