Guest guest Posted June 5, 2001 Report Share Posted June 5, 2001 Very good, do I have permission to forward? Joyce ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ All verbal teachings are just to cure diseases. Because diseases are not the same, the remedies are also different. That is why it is sometimes said that there is Buddha, and sometimes it is said that there is no Buddha. True words are those that actually cure sickness; if the cure manages to heal, then all are true words. If they can't effectively cure sickness, all are false words. True words are false words when they give rise to views. False words are true words when they cut off the delusions of sentient beings. Because disease is unreal, there is only unreal medicine to cure it! Pai-chang (720-814) from Thomas Cleary's, The Teachings of Zen ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 5, 2001 Report Share Posted June 5, 2001 Well of course, Joyce (and Vicki too). Any quotes or poems posted here which may seem useful to others is available to be passed on, with correct attribution included. Once again, we appreciate Vicki's generous posting of Ramana quotes, which many of us are savouring, saving, or passing along. Joyce, you are quotable in your own words! Love, Gloria - Joyce Short Tuesday, June 05, 2001 9:23 AM Teachings as medicine Very good, do I have permission to forward? Joyce ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ All verbal teachings are just to cure diseases. Because diseases are not the same, the remedies are also different. That is why it is sometimes said that there is Buddha, and sometimes it is said that there is no Buddha. True words are those that actually cure sickness; if the cure manages to heal, then all are true words. If they can't effectively cure sickness, all are false words. True words are false words when they give rise to views. False words are true words when they cut off the delusions of sentient beings. Because disease is unreal, there is only unreal medicine to cure it! Pai-chang (720-814) from Thomas Cleary's, The Teachings of Zen ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 6, 2001 Report Share Posted June 6, 2001 , "Gloria Lee" <glee@i...> wrote: > Teachings as medicineWell of course, Joyce (and Vicki too). > > Any quotes or poems posted here which may seem useful to others is > available to be passed on, with correct attribution included. Once again, we appreciate Vicki's generous posting of Ramana quotes, which many of us are savouring, saving, or passing along. Joyce, you are quotable in your own words! > > Love, > Gloria Dear Gloria and Vicki, What I really appreciate and find helpful, is that the quotes posted are so short and succinct. It is enough for me, to attempt to contemplate and meditate upon, these dynamo of power quotes, for it leaves no room for 'spiritual indigestion.' I want to absorb them not with just the eyes, but with the very atoms. I strive to dive into the heart of the message, and it is so much more helpful to me to work on one truth expounded by Sri Ramamna at a time. Thank you sincerely for posting the quotes, the meditation thought for the day. With Love, Mazie > > - > Joyce Short > > Tuesday, June 05, 2001 9:23 AM > Teachings as medicine > > > Very good, do I have permission to forward? Joyce > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > All verbal teachings are just to cure diseases. Because diseases are not the same, the remedies are also different. That is why it is sometimes said that there is Buddha, and sometimes it is > said that there is no Buddha. > > True words are those that actually cure sickness; if the cure manages to heal, then all are true words. If they can't effectively cure sickness, all are false words. > > True words are false words when they give rise to views. False words are true words when they cut off the delusions of sentient beings. > Because disease is unreal, there is only unreal medicine to cure it! > > Pai-chang (720-814) > from Thomas Cleary's, The Teachings of Zen > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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