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To: alt.zen From: nedludd@ix.netcom.com(Ned Ludd) Subject: Re: koan questions Date: 5 Jan 1999 21:36:16 GMT In <36918EF9.AB3D6F93@pop21.odn.ne.jp> garywrites: Luke: >> Neither. Your state of mind is important. The correct action will >> flow naturally from a correct mindstate. >> Want a story? Ned: > Of course he does. > P.S. Want a story? Gary: > I'm starting a collection. Shoot. > (Note: There is a footnote to this story which claims that in Chinese Buddhist temples of a thousand years ago, the temple doors were locked from the OUTSIDE.) Once Chao Chou was in charge of keeping the fires at the monastery. One day, while everyone was out tending the garden, he went inside the monk's hall and shouted, "Help, fire! Help, fire!" Everyone rushed back to the monk's hall, but Chao Chou had closed and barred the door. No one knew what to do. Finally, Nansen took the key from its hook and threw it into the room through the window.
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