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a girl called Ben Posted Apr 24, 2001
They asked the enlightened master what he did before enlightenment...
"Cut wood", he said "carry water".
This seemed like hardship to them, and they asked him what he did now that he had achieved enlightenment...
"Cut wood", he said "carry water"...
a buddhist called Ben
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taliesin Posted Apr 24, 2001
And I bet he laughed as he said it!
a lapsed Buddhist, sometimes called Tal
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Niz (soon to be gone) Posted Apr 24, 2001
Yamamoto Tsunetomo said :
"Things of great concern should be treated lightly and things of little concern should be treated with great concern"
BUT
I think Bobby Mc.Ferrin said it best
"If in your life you have some trouble, when you worry you make it double, Don't worry, Be Happy.......Don't worry be happy now"
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Mostly Harmless Posted May 3, 2001
Happiness is the absence of the striving for happiness
Chuang Tzu. (389-286 BC)
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MaW Posted May 3, 2001
Now that sums up what I meant to say earlier in the thread...
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