Bodhidharma and Huike: how much are you willing to give?

[Amelia]

LAH is nothing special to be noticed if everyone is doing it...

Gassho, sat today, lah

[Getchi]

I didn't feel qualified before, but since were all human here;

I assumed that a literary like huike giving his right arm meant what he saidin the cave; I have nothing more to add through words.

As a writer, ind give my right arm if I ever encountered Truth. I wouldn't need it any more.

Gassho,
Geoff.

SatToday

LentAHand today.

[Shinshou]

Isn't it strange that we question what we need to sacrifice in order to practice, then in practice we question how to include everything (and sacrifice nothing)? Another koan. Perhaps the answer to both questions, as Jishin suggests in his "LAH" comment, is to simply express our nature...sacrifice will present itself, and encompassing all will present itself.

Dan (Shinsho)
Sat today

[Mp]

Isn't it strange that we question what we need to sacrifice in order to practice, then in practice we question how to include everything (and sacrifice nothing)? Another koan.

Great question Dan! Why should anyone have to sacrifice something in order to practice ... maybe through practice what is not needed falls away naturally on it's own.

Gassho
Shingen

Sat/LAH