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Date Posted: 12:28:55 02/08/00 Tue
Author: bnimble
Subject: Another story
In reply to: Zenman 's message, "A Zen Story" on 11:46:46 02/08/00 Tue

> A Zen Story
>
> A Serious young man found the conflicts of mod 21st
> Century America confusing. He went to many people
> seeking a way of resolving within himself the discords
> that troubled him, but he remained troubled.
>
> One night in a coffee house, a self-ordained Zen
> Master said to him, "Go to the dilapidated mansion you
> will find at this address which I have written down
> for you. Do not speak to those who live there; you
> must remain silent until the moon rises tomorrow
> night. Go to the large room on the right of the main
> hallway, sit in the lotus position on top of the
> rubble in the northeast corner, face the corner, and
> meditate."
>
> He did as the Zen Master instructed. His meditation
> was frequently interrupted by worries. He worried
> whether or not the rest of the plumbing fixtures would
> fall from the second floow bathroom to join the pipes
> and other trash he was sitting on. He worried how
> would he know when the moon rose on the next night. He
> worried about what the people who walked through the
> room said about him.
>
> His worrying and meditation were disturbed when, as if
> in a test of faith, ordure fell from the second floor
> onto him. At that time two people walked into the
> room. The first asked the second who the man sitting
> there was. The second replied "Some say he is a holy
> man, Others say he is a shithead."
>
> Hearing this, the man was enlightened.
>
> [P. Discordia, 5th ed.]
>
> Zenman has only recently become "enlightened". Where
> has Zenman been, anyway?
>
> Zenman

May a holy man shit in your shoes while you sleep. :-)

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Replies:

Holy shit! -- Zenman, 09:34:58 02/09/00 Wed
- Correction -- Zenman, 07:12:33 02/11/00 Fri
  - The Real Skinny -- bnimble, 05:30:44 02/12/00 Sat
Correction -- bnimble, 06:10:38 02/11/00 Fri