Two Zen Koans

[DSXmachine]

Thanks. :)

[Loreleila]

@DSXmachine :)

[Kowdog69]

These are very beautiful.

But I don't think they're koans.

[CBGB42]

I didn't know Salad Fingers was a Zen Buddhist.

[ParArdua]

One dear little fella has been reading his dictionary again. keep on with wee man, and one day you might well make some sense. TaTa for now.

[atfatw]

perarduabradybunchy,

Oh, its you again is it? you'are always popping up just like the devil in faust

[ParArdua]

@atfatw

It saddens me to see you so lonely

and acting out to gather morsels of attention.

That's all dear boy.

[atfatw]

parardua,

its you again. you very badly need therapy.

[EnordAreven]

makes me think of a band i like, rammstein, a popular band in germany and europe,they sing their songs as if they were announcing a grand truth or declaration of importance... i would love to see a spiritualist with such strength behind their words just like them^^

[Loreleila]

Passion adds weight to anything. It is the fuel that drives any creative act.

[cornbruiser]

Hey isis - not a very enlightened response, with the insults. All I'm saying is why do we always have to dress up the buddha in a quasi-religio-orientalist b.s. with flutes and incense? The koan is supposed to jar the brain out of its routine, not lull it back to sleep like the soundtrack at a Tibetan-themed restaurant.

[Loreleila]

I suspect isimelting was reading what you said to me as an insult, which it was hard not to see it as, though I know from being here some time it's very easy to misinterpret comments, so was unsure myself.

Which of us is to say who is or is not enlightened, or how one should express ones spirituality or way of learning? That strikes me as a pretty self limiting and isolationist approach.

[isismelting]

please, call me jayme.

[cornbruiser]

Why are all "spiritual" people expected to always talk in low, sensitive tones? Why doesn't anyone ever tell a koan like a comedian or a gospel preacher? The buddha wasn't pious or monotonous. Why should we be?

[isismelting]

you must be very old.

[isismelting]

[ should have showed up as a response to cornbruiser ]

[Loreleila]

It did, no worries. :)

[Loreleila]

Are they? I wasn't aware of that expectation. Do you have any recordings of Buddha then? That I would love to hear.

[HumanTruth0000]

: )

[identityisrelative]

Be truthful.

[urquiza78]

A Gem for sure, unrelenting in fortune.

[Loreleila]

:-)

[lapislazuline]

oh,it,s a watermelon innit?

nice vid by the way;)

[Loreleila]

Indeed it is. Yummy. :)

[atree3]

a treasure

[Loreleila]

:) As are your travel journals. I may not speak, but I do appreciate.

[rozeboosje]

Ah. Yes. I have heard stories like these before. Lovely.

[Loreleila]

I thought you probably would have done. :)

[ariestheramone]

Ageless wisdom. Thank you for posting this!

[Loreleila]

You're most welcome. :)

[LeonShnider]

Nice one:)

[Loreleila]

Thank you! :)

[DieselBodine]

Great stuff, Loreleila. Worthy readings for all. 8-)

[Loreleila]

Oh God, worthy? I'm going to go and shoot myself. lol

[DieselBodine]

Don't you talk about shooting yourself, Loreleila. Snatch pebble from The Bodine's hand and then you may leave The Ice Cream Temple. Huh? !-)

[Loreleila]

lol Why would I want to leave the ice cream temple? Does it have chocolate as well?

[DieselBodine]

Any flavor you like, Loreleila! I've been consuming ''Peach Cobbler'' and ''Chocolate Moose Tracks,'' but any flavor imaginable is here at the temple for your deepest confectionary pleasures!

[Loreleila]

Sounds perfect! Crisis averted. I am now in heaven. :)

[DieselBodine]

You truly are a wise person... and I like the way you mix, intersperse, and shift between your acute wisdom and your delightful angle of humour and fun in your Comments!

[Loreleila]

Why thank you! Am tempted to search for fan to cover blushes. I very much enjoy your style too. :)

[thoughtlessforever]

Thats Awesome.. So much we can learn from each other. It is the simply stories that give us pleasure. :)

[Loreleila]

And sometimes the simplest things contain the most. :)