A monk asked the Chinese Ch'an master Chien Paling:
-What is the difference between the meaning of the Sutras and that of the Patriarch?
The master replied:
-When it is cold, hen would go up on a tree and duck down to water.
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Posted on Dec.24.2007 @ 07:28AM EDTby______
on Christmas Eve in the morning
They lighted in the road and played pass the sloe for minutes, before one stepping forward, and with a little bow, said, "I am the Crow of Christmas Past." A second, too, skipping forward, and with a nod, said, "I am the Crow of Christmas Future." Together,the pair stepping back with a flourish, and in unison saying, "This is the Crow of Christmas Present", who shimmying forward, cocked his head and not making a sound, saying, "Cock-a-doodle-doo."