Mondo

Sep 24, 2007 23:35

Fa-yen, a Chinese Zen teacher, overheard four monks arguing about subjectivity and objectivity. He joined them and said: "There is a big stone. Do you consider it to be inside or outside your mind?"
One of the monks replied: "From the Buddhist viewpoint everything is an objectification of mind, so I would say that the stone is inside my ( Read more... )

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libberding September 24 2007, 18:10:47 UTC
Word.

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artharaja September 25 2007, 07:09:53 UTC
Was with God.

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camerapansleft September 29 2007, 06:09:44 UTC
ok, don't get it, didn't get the other one either.

oh well.

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artharaja September 29 2007, 06:27:58 UTC
The Zen master here chiding the monk for his philosophical contortions. Enlightenment is an 'aha' state which such philosophising is unlikely to lead to.

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camerapansleft September 29 2007, 06:33:58 UTC
uh huh i'll just nod and pretend.

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artharaja September 29 2007, 07:18:40 UTC
Do you think arguing about the role of consubstantiation in the theological schema of neo-platonism going to 'save' a Christian?

It's something like that.

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