Comments on: Shunyata [Emptiness] in Zen Buddhism – Part 3a http://flatbedsutra.com/flatbedsutrazenblogger/?p=2397 Online Zen and Buddhist Resources - Zen and Buddhist Book Reviews, Texts, Blog, Links, and Information Tue, 07 Sep 2010 20:07:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Ted Biringer http://flatbedsutra.com/flatbedsutrazenblogger/?p=2397&cpage=1#comment-4851 Ted Biringer Wed, 30 Dec 2009 02:43:42 +0000 http://flatbedsutra.com/flatbedsutrazenblogger/?p=2397#comment-4851 Hello Mike, Good to hear you! Thanks for stopping by. What does it Feel like? If you mean Shunyata, I wish you were a little closer so I could show you! As we limited to written expressions here, I will share one of my favorite written expressions on what Shunyata feels like: One day the Master (Kuei Shan, Ling Yu) said to the congregation, “Many people experience the great mystery, but do not experience what its great application is.” Yang Shan asked the abbot of a temple at the foot of the mountain, “What did the Master mean when he spoke like that?” The abbot said, “Repeat it again so that I can see what the Master meant.” When Yang Shan started to repeat the statement, the abbot kicked him, knocking him down. Yang Shan brought the story back to the monastery, and the Master roared with laughter. The Transmission Of The Lamp, Sohaku Ogata, p.300 Yes! Ha! Thanks again Mike! Peace, Ted Hello Mike,

Good to hear you! Thanks for stopping by.

What does it Feel like? If you mean Shunyata, I wish you were a little closer so I could show you!

As we limited to written expressions here, I will share one of my favorite written expressions on what Shunyata feels like:

One day the Master (Kuei Shan, Ling Yu) said to the congregation, “Many people experience the great mystery, but do not experience what its great application is.”

Yang Shan asked the abbot of a temple at the foot of the mountain, “What did the Master mean when he spoke like that?”

The abbot said, “Repeat it again so that I can see what the Master meant.”

When Yang Shan started to repeat the statement, the abbot kicked him, knocking him down.

Yang Shan brought the story back to the monastery, and the Master roared with laughter.
The Transmission Of The Lamp, Sohaku Ogata, p.300

Yes! Ha!

Thanks again Mike!

Peace,
Ted

]]> By: Mike http://flatbedsutra.com/flatbedsutrazenblogger/?p=2397&cpage=1#comment-4848 Mike Tue, 29 Dec 2009 16:57:04 +0000 http://flatbedsutra.com/flatbedsutrazenblogger/?p=2397#comment-4848 Lots of words ted. What does it Feel like? Lots of words ted. What does it Feel like?

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