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A student asked master Joshu, "What is Buddha?"
Joshu answered, "Three pounds of flax."
The student was enlightened.
The merchant who overheard this doubled his flax prices.
Tina He • The Art of Understanding What's Going On
THE TEACHING OF THE DONKEY
One day a farmer’s donkey fell into a well. The animal cried loudly for hours, while the farmer tried to find something to do to get
him out.
Finally, the farmer decided that the donkey was old and the well was already dry and needed to be covered anyway; that it really wasn't worth pulling the donkey out of the well..
He in
... See moreAnd in the land of the cuckoo, Lao-tzu finally achieved anonymity as well as immortality.
Red Pine • Lao-tzu's Taoteching
The Dao De Jing is also referred to as the Lao Zi.
Yang Jwing-Ming • The Dao De Jing: A Qigong Interpretation
According to Ssu-ma Ch’ien, Lao-tzu responded with this advice: “The ancients you admire have been in the ground a long time. Their bones have turned to dust. Only their words remain. Those among them who were wise rode in carriages when times were good and slipped quietly away when times were bad. I have heard that the clever merchant hides his we
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