inc@fluke.UUCP (Ensign Benson, Time Cadet) (09/21/85)
Gang of Four: 44444444444 *** REPLACE THIS LINE WITH YOUR MESSAGE *** *** CATCH THIS ONE WHILE YOU'RE AT IT, BUD *** For those who read .biz* rather than .general: > The pupils of the Tendai school used to study > meditation before Zen entered Japan. Four of > them who were intimate friends promised one > another to observe seven days of silence. > On the first day all were silent. Their meditation > had begun auspiciously, but when night > came and the oil lamps were growing dim, one of > the pupils could not help exclaiming to a servant: > ``Fix those lamps.'' > The second pupil was surprised to hear the > first one talk. ``We are not supposed to say > a word'', he remarked. > ``You two are stupid. Why did you talk?'' asked > the third. > ``I am the only one who has not talked'', > concluded the fourth pupil. ----- #71 in 101 Zen Stories. Paul Reps, editor. >>> and he was *right* by Jimminy! And not right. -- Ensign Benson -Time Cadet- _-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-The Digital Circus, Sector R-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_