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Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2025 14:30:30 -0600
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On 2/24/2025 1:39 PM, Frank Krygowski wrote:
> On 2/24/2025 12:13 PM, Zen Cycle wrote:
>> On 2/24/2025 11:37 AM, John B. wrote:
>>> On Mon, 24 Feb 2025 09:23:04 -0600, AMuzi 
>>> <am@yellowjersey.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 2/24/2025 8:49 AM, Frank Krygowski wrote:
>>>>> On 2/24/2025 8:09 AM, John B. wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I would doubt very much that a large segment of the
>>>>>> readers here would
>>>>>> be familiar with the term  Zen.
>>>>>
>>>>> I suppose you could ask.
>>>>>
>>>>> Speaking for myself, it's been about a week since Zen
>>>>> Buddhism came up in conversation with a friend, and there
>>>>> was a brief mention in a conversation with different 
>>>>> friends
>>>>> two days ago.
>>>>>
>>>>> Not that I'm an expert.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> +1 I think most people have at least a passing familiarity.
>>>> I read this in 1967 but never achieved enlightenment. Nor
>>>> was I able to levitate. Dammit.
>>>>
>>>> https://www.alibris.com/Life-and-teaching-of-the- 
>>>> masters-of-the-Far- East-Baird-T-Spalding/book/3929244? 
>>>> matches=181
>>>
>>> Apparently from your posts you had an interest in Asia. 
>>> But for the
>>> others I find it rather unusual that a Usian would know 
>>> anything about
>>> a branch of Buddhism that is so little known even where 
>>> the major
>>> version of the religion is as common as it is here.
>>
>> I think it's a bit more recognized than you're assuming.
>>
>> In my youth when I was looking at different religions I 
>> spent a bit of time on Buddhism. Let's call it quite a bit 
>> more than a passing interest, but I never claimed to 
>> actually follow the teachings of the Buddha. I read a 
>> number of books on the practice, listened to Kirtans, 
>> meditated, and started yoga (as a meditation technique 
>> rather than fitness. These days I do my own practice a few 
>> times a week and go to classes occasionally with my wife, 
>> who teaches at a couple of local studios)
>>
>> The moniker 'Zencycle' is a reference to the level of 
>> mindfulness I can achieve while riding.
>>
>> *
>> A Bicycle koan
>>
>> A Zen Teacher saw five of his students return from the 
>> market, riding their bicycles. When they had dismounted, 
>> the teacher asked the students,
>>
>> “Why are you riding your bicycles?”
>>
>> The first student replied, “The bicycle is carrying this 
>> sack of potatoes. I am glad that I do not have to carry 
>> them on my back!”
>>
>> The teacher praised the student, saying, “You are a smart 
>> boy. When you grow old, you will not walk hunched over, as 
>> I do.”
>>
>> The second student replied, “I love to watch the trees and 
>> fields pass by as I roll down the path.”
>>
>> The teacher commended the student, “Your eyes are open and 
>> you see the world.”
>>
>> The third student replied, “When I ride my bicycle, I am 
>> content to chant, nam myoho renge kyo.”
>>
>> The teacher gave praise to the third student, “Your mind 
>> will roll with the ease of a newly trued wheel.”
>>
>> The fourth student answered, “Riding my bicycle, I live in 
>> harmony with all beings.”
>>
>> The teacher was pleased and said, “You are riding on the 
>> golden path of non-harming.”
>>
>> The fifth student replied, “I ride my bicycle to ride my 
>> bicycle.”
>>
>> The teacher went and sat at the feet of the fifth student, 
>> and said, “I am your disciple."
>> *
> 
> I remember reading that one before. I don't remember where 
> or when.
> 

Grant Peterson's newsletter about 20 years ago.

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Andrew Muzi
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