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Joshu Is My Favorite Zen Master. It Is Said That A Monk Once Asked Him, To Be Holy - What Is It Like?
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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.
-- Disk Sutphen
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Joshu said, "You see only the stones and not the bridge....
One day it was announced by master Joshu that the young monk Kyogen had reached an enlightened state.
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mu /moo/ The correct answer to the classic trick question "Have you stopped beating your wife yet?
. Assuming that you have no wife or you have never beaten your wife, the answer "yes" is wrong because it implies that you used to beat your wife and then stopped, but "no" is worse because it suggests that you have one and are still beating her....
mu: /moo/ The correct answer to the classic trick question "Have you stopped beating your wife yet?
. Assuming that you have no wife or you have never beaten your wife, the answer "yes" is wrong because it implies that you used to beat your wife and then stopped, but "no" is worse because it suggests that you have one and are still beating her....