If you meet the Buddha on the road ...

[Koshin]

be yourself

[Jigetsu]

Teach him how to 'high five'!

[Dosho]

Ask him why the chicken crossed the road.

[Jiken]

embrace him as an old friend.

[Nenka]

. . . I probably wouldn't even recognize him.

[Cameron]

He thinks, "Wow, that guy looks just like the Buddha!" Oops! He forgot where he is going.

[Nindo]

... watch where you're stepping or you'll slip on the ice.

[Dokan]

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[Taigu]

...just mean that you have been blind before, utterly blind, now it stands in front of you, don t get another kind of blindness. Whatever, but please don t be attached and look behind you as you part. You simply cannot part. And nobody needs to make a big deal out of it. So, whatever...

Gassho


Taigu

[Rich]

wasn't this a koan and the answer was 'kill him'
meaning don't make buddha or anything out of self and other.
what is meeting?

[Taigu]

Of course every single answer you have given so far to this koan is right. Whatever. And you don t even need to recognize it, it-she-he cannot be recognized, just lived.

Gassho


Taigu

[Taigu]

Yes Rich, and killing precisely means the self getting to meet the self within the self, concepts, ideas, expectations, the whole garbage and load dropped. So smiling, running, showing him the way do apply. There is not a single answer to this. It would be still carving an idea as to how to proceed.


Gassho



Taigu

[Rich]

Yes Rich, and killing precisely means the self getting to meet the self within the self, concepts, ideas, expectations, the whole garbage and load dropped. So smiling, running, showing him the way do apply. There is not a single answer to this. It would be still carving an idea as to how to proceed.


Gassho



Taigu

yes, thanks. no idea on how to proceed. just do what needs to be done like pay the bills. will be flying today so , will meet the buddha on the plane.

[ZenHarmony]

That was my thought, too, Rich: What is there to do? Paraphrasing a Heinlein character, "Thou art Buddha!"

Or how about this: You merge into each other as you go your separate ways.

Gassho,

Lisa

[Omoi Otoshi]

Now, can we please stop the analyzing and get on with filling in the blanks!