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What's a Bodhi tree and why are you under it? :yh_bigsmi

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bodhi_tree

That's where Siddhartha Guatama went and sat until he was enlightened becoming the Buddha. I'm there because I'm not enlightened yet.

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koan wrote: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bodhi_tree



That's where Siddhartha Guatama went and sat until he was enlightened becoming the Buddha. I'm there because I'm not enlightened yet.
I'd say you're on your way, though. (Oh, and I corrected the spelling of the tree.) :yh_bigsmi

I've learned that all is an illusion - including spelling mistakes

koan wrote: I've learned that all is an illusion - including spelling mistakes
ALL is an illusion?? Can you expand on that, please?

I can, but after reading about Xenu I think I should charge at least $20 000 for the info.

:wah:

I would like to be under a palm tree in Hawaii right about now.:-6

The Blind Men and the Elephant



by John Godfrey Saxe

It was six men of Indostan

To learning much inclined,

Who went to see the Elephant

(Though all of them were blind),

That each by observation

Might satisfy his mind.

The First approached the Elephant,

And happening to fall

Against his broad and sturdy side,

At once began to bawl:

"God bless me! but the Elephant

Is very like a wall!"

The Second, feeling of the tusk,

Cried, "Ho! what have we here

So very round and smooth and sharp?

To me 'tis mighty clear

This wonder of an Elephant

Is very like a spear!"

The Third approached the animal,

And happening to take

The squirming trunk within his hands,

Thus boldly up and spake:

"I see," quoth he, "the Elephant

Is very like a snake!"

The Fourth reached out an eager hand,

And felt about the knee.

"What most this wondrous beast is like

Is mighty plain," quoth he;

"Tis clear enough the Elephant

Is very like a tree!"

The Fifth, who chanced to touch the ear,

Said:"E'en the blindest man

Can tell what this resembles most;

Deny the fact who can

This marvel of an Elephant

Is very like a fan!"

The Sixth no sooner had begun

About the beast to grope,

Than, seizing on the swinging tail

That fell within his scope,

"I see," quoth he, "the Elephant

Is very like a rope!"

And so these men of Indostan

Disputed loud and long,

Each in his own opinion

Exceeding stiff and strong,

Though each was partly in the right,

And all were in the wrong!

koan wrote: I've learned that all is an illusion - including spelling mistakes


:wah: like the poem.

All is an illusion? Tell you what, smack your head as hard as you can against a brick wall and then tell me whether the wall and the pain you feel is an illusion or not.

Oh, maybe hit your head hard but not so hard you knock yourself out. That wouldn't be good.

Mongoose wrote: :wah: like the poem.

All is an illusion? Tell you what, smack your head as hard as you can against a brick wall and then tell me whether the wall and the pain you feel is an illusion or not.

Oh, maybe hit your head hard but not so hard you knock yourself out. That wouldn't be good.


How about you smack your head, since the idea appealed to you, and I'll continue to sit under my tree.

Fine, but are you sure that the tree you are sat under is actually there? :-3

Mongoose wrote: Fine, but are you sure that the tree you are sat under is actually there? :-3


You're catching on

A true master is not the one with the most students

But one who creates the most Masters

- Neale Donald Walsh

koan wrote: A true master is not the one with the most students

But one who creates the most Masters



- Neale Donald Walsh
I like that a LOT. Very cool.