http://zenguide.com/ random_koan syndicated from zenguide.com en-us Copyright - forever - zenguide.com Fri, 24 May 2013 13:51:15 EDT http://zenguide.com/images/zen_guide_dot_com_logo_small.gif http://zenguide.com Posted on Apr.14.2009 @ 12:20AM EDT by jasballz<br><br> my heart is full:<br> full of what?<br> gratitude for Chontri's teaching.<br><br> CT would say:<br> "no teaching,<br> just ordinary things!"<br><br> But I see how CT<br> presents nothing to<br> cling to and am enamored!<br><br> Even "turning phrase" or<br> "Tagatha" or "Butso" are<br> obstacles in CT's mind.<br><br> And he mysteriously<br> presents the dhamma<br> without [even] talking about it!<br><br> Via negativa?<br> Talk to CT!<br><br> Even this poem he<br> will reject as an object<br> of attachment!<br><br> CT's way and Jasballz's<br> way seem to him to<br> be going in two entirely different<br> directions!<br><br> Do they end up at the same place?<br><br> To CT : hopefully may you print out this as a gift from <br> a child and hang it as a gift from a child somewhere in<br> your perfect Pure Land! Now Jasballz is -truly- a chan<br> newb and holds gratitude in his heart.<br> reverent gassho to the ordinary man, CT. http://zenguide.com/zenmedia/index.cfm?id=261 Fri, 24 May 2013 13:51:15 EDT