Anovis and I were having a Zen off, and decided it should be brought to a thread.
Rules:
Your koan saying must be original
It must have something to do with the previous koan.
Try to keep it serious. It can be humorous, but don't get too silly.
Examples of Zen sayings:
If you immediately know the candlelight is fire, the meal was cooked a long time ago.
I only know a snowflake cannot exist in a storm of fire.
A tall man cannot hide in the short grass.
When an opportunity comes do not let it pass by, yet always think twice before acting.
Every year, leaves fall from the tree, and yet it still grows strong.
If a tree falls in the forest and no one is around to hear, does it make a sound? It matters not at all whether the tree makes a sound or not. What is important is that it has fallen.
Your end which is endless is as a snowflake dissolving in the pure air.
Anovis and my conversation, to start you off:
[19:42] <happydud>If a tree falls in the forest and no one is around to hear, does it make a sound? It matters not at all whether the tree makes a sound or not. What is important is that it has fallen.
[19:44] <Anovis> If Geb's candle wick is to be lit, then how will he obtain fire?
[19:48] <happydud> The closer man comes to obtaining fire, the closer man comes to enlightenment. Once it is beheld, the man is burned.
[19:48] <Anovis> The masters of fire have not yet learned how to master fire.
[19:49] <happydud> He who proclaims himself a master is a master of fools. He who proclaims someone else a master of lies. One who proclaims himself as existing is truly enlightened.
Start with the last example.
Go!
Rules:
Your koan saying must be original
It must have something to do with the previous koan.
Try to keep it serious. It can be humorous, but don't get too silly.
Examples of Zen sayings:
If you immediately know the candlelight is fire, the meal was cooked a long time ago.
I only know a snowflake cannot exist in a storm of fire.
A tall man cannot hide in the short grass.
When an opportunity comes do not let it pass by, yet always think twice before acting.
Every year, leaves fall from the tree, and yet it still grows strong.
If a tree falls in the forest and no one is around to hear, does it make a sound? It matters not at all whether the tree makes a sound or not. What is important is that it has fallen.
Your end which is endless is as a snowflake dissolving in the pure air.
Anovis and my conversation, to start you off:
[19:42] <happydud>If a tree falls in the forest and no one is around to hear, does it make a sound? It matters not at all whether the tree makes a sound or not. What is important is that it has fallen.
[19:44] <Anovis> If Geb's candle wick is to be lit, then how will he obtain fire?
[19:48] <happydud> The closer man comes to obtaining fire, the closer man comes to enlightenment. Once it is beheld, the man is burned.
[19:48] <Anovis> The masters of fire have not yet learned how to master fire.
[19:49] <happydud> He who proclaims himself a master is a master of fools. He who proclaims someone else a master of lies. One who proclaims himself as existing is truly enlightened.
Start with the last example.
Go!
