(After receiving photo and teisho from Chris, “Buddha as a shithead. ...he would smile.”)
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Garden Dialogue Record
Koan:
Buddha: [splat] Hey, what's that?
Blade of Grass: huh?
Buddha: I said...[reconsidering]...oh, never mind!
Comment:
Hence began important teaching by Buddha arising from grass.
And then, there is Ikkyu:
Enlightenment
Ten years ago I couldn't stop thinking, feeling,
Just anger, just rage, until this moment.
A crow laughs, the dust clears, I hold the arhat's fruit.
Spotted sunlight in Zhaoyang Palace, a pale face chanting.
(-- Zen Master Ikkyu, “Incense Thrown on the Buddha”)Just anger, just rage, until this moment.
A crow laughs, the dust clears, I hold the arhat's fruit.
Spotted sunlight in Zhaoyang Palace, a pale face chanting.