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Zen Judaism
Let your mind be as a floating cloud. Let your
stillness be as the wooded glen. And sit up straight.
You'll never meet the Buddha with posture like that.
There is no escaping karma. In a previous life, you
never called, you never wrote, you never visited. And
whose fault was that?
Wherever you go, there you are. Your luggage is
another story.
Be aware of your body. Be aware of your perceptions.
Keep in mind that not every physical sensation is a
symptom of a terminal illness.
Breathe in. Breathe out. Breathe in. Breathe out.
Forget this and attaining Enlightenment will be the
least of your problems.
The Tao has no expectations. The Tao demands nothing
of others. The Tao does not speak. The Tao does not
blame. The Tao does not take sides. The Tao is not
Jewish.
Drink tea and nourish life. With the first sip, joy.
With the second, satisfaction. With the third, Danish.
The Buddha taught that one should practice loving
kindness to all sentient beings. Still, would it kill
you to find a nice sentient being who happens to be
Jewish?
Enter into your inner self and behold the eye of the
soul. Gaze upon your original face before you were
even born. Shocked? Remember, this was before the nose
job.
The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single
oy.
Take only what is given. Own nothing but your robes
and an alms bowl. Unless, of course, you have the
closet space.
To practice Zen and the art of Jewish motorcycle
maintenance, do the following: get rid of the
motorcycle. What were you thinking?
If there is no self, whose arthritis is this?
Be patient and achieve all things. Be impatient and
achieve all things faster.
To Find the Buddha, look within. Deep inside you are
ten thousand flowers. Each flower blossoms ten
thousand times. Each blossom has ten thousand petals.
You might want to see a specialist.
Be here now. Be someplace else later. Is that so
complicated?
Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain
nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkes.
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