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syn = Reader of the sutras/questions: [[Sw Ananda Teertha]]. | | syn = Reader of the sutras/questions: [[Sw Ananda Teertha]]. | ||
:The sutra | |||
::There were three friends discussing life. | |||
::One said: | |||
::"Can men live together and know nothing of it, | |||
::Work together and produce nothing? | |||
::Can they fly around in space | |||
::And forget to exist, world without end?" | |||
::The three friends looked at each other | |||
::And burst out laughing. | |||
::They had no explanation, | |||
::Thus they were better friends than before. Then one friend died. | |||
::Confucius sent a disciple | |||
::To help the other two chant his obsequies. | |||
::The disciple found | |||
::That one friend had composed a song | |||
::While the other played the lute. | |||
::They sang: | |||
::"Hey, Sung Hu, where'd you go? | |||
::Hey, Sung Hu, where'd you go? | |||
::You have gone where you really were, | |||
::And we are here -- damn it, we are here!" | |||
::Then the disciple of Confucius | |||
::Burst in on them and exclaimed: | |||
::"May I inquire where you found this | |||
::In the rubrics for obsequies, | |||
::This frivolous caroling | |||
::In the presence of the departed?" | |||
::The two friends looked at each other | |||
::And laughed: | |||
::"Poor fellow, | |||
::He doesn't know the new liturgy!" | |||
:([[Glossary#source_of_quotes_in_the_synopsis|source:''CD-ROM'']]) | |||
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prevevent = The Empty Boat ~ 06 | | prevevent = The Empty Boat ~ 06 | | ||
nextevent = The Empty Boat ~ 08 | | nextevent = The Empty Boat ~ 08 | |
Revision as of 15:53, 10 March 2019
event type | discourse |
date & time | 16 Jul 1974 am |
location | Lao Tzu balcony, Poona |
language | English |
audio | Available, duration 1h 27min. Quality: good, but questions barely audible. |
online audio | |
video | Not available |
online video | |
see also |
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online text | find the PDF of this discourse |
shorttitle | BOAT07 |
- notes
- synopsis
- Reader of the sutras/questions: Sw Ananda Teertha.
- The sutra
- There were three friends discussing life.
- One said:
- "Can men live together and know nothing of it,
- Work together and produce nothing?
- Can they fly around in space
- And forget to exist, world without end?"
- The three friends looked at each other
- And burst out laughing.
- They had no explanation,
- Thus they were better friends than before. Then one friend died.
- Confucius sent a disciple
- To help the other two chant his obsequies.
- The disciple found
- That one friend had composed a song
- While the other played the lute.
- They sang:
- "Hey, Sung Hu, where'd you go?
- Hey, Sung Hu, where'd you go?
- You have gone where you really were,
- And we are here -- damn it, we are here!"
- Then the disciple of Confucius
- Burst in on them and exclaimed:
- "May I inquire where you found this
- In the rubrics for obsequies,
- This frivolous caroling
- In the presence of the departed?"
- The two friends looked at each other
- And laughed:
- "Poor fellow,
- He doesn't know the new liturgy!"
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