Saturday, January 17, 2009

Trio

The warrior of spirit, hero, holy fool "dies before s/he dies."
Three important texts for medi-pray-tion:
  • Who is it dragging this corpse around? (Zen question)
  • I die daily (I Corinthians 15:31)
  • Who will deliver me from this body of death? (Romans 7:24)

2 comments:

  1. Can we go beyond even those koans? http://www.ashidakim.com/zenkoans/101buddhaszen.html

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  2. Like Mr. Buddha in this buddhaszen koan, yes, we can take a step back out of. Taking a step into the midst of is also needed. It's a two-step dance.

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