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[firecat]

I did this on Usenet once and got some interesting answers. If I can find the thread in Gooja I will post it in a couple of days.
ETA: I made a comment in this post about what happened on Usenet.

I have had the following in my quote file for a long time. I don't know whether it is an accurate quote or not, but I like it.

Joshu is my favorite Zen Master. It is said that a monk once asked him, To be holy -- what is it like?" Joshu replied, "To dump a mountain of shit on a clean plain." -- Dick Sutphen

What do you think Joshu means?

(X-posted to buddhists)

Comments

[tedesson.livejournal.com]

Holy is just a pose.

Prior to the pose, you were the clean plain.

Give up on the pose.

But, a pile of shit is a lot of good fertilizer. Use it in your garden to grow flowers and vegetables and places for the birds to live.

Work with what you've got.