Guest guest Posted August 25, 2002 Report Share Posted August 25, 2002 "You may say that it is not possible to be ordinary and holy. When you think this way, your understanding is one-sided. In Japanese, we call someone who understands things from just one side a tamban-kan, "someone who carries a board on his shoulder." Because you carry a big board on your shoulder, you cannot see the other side. You think you are just an ordinary human, but if you take the board off, you will understand, "Oh, I am Buddha, too. How can I be both Buddha and an ordinary human? It is amazing!" That is enlightenment." - - Shunryu Suzuki >From "not always so" -- Harper Collins 2002 , Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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