And the Flowers Showered ~ 06
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| event type | discourse |
| date & time | 5 Nov 1974 am |
| location | Lao Tzu balcony, Poona |
| language | English |
| audio | Available, duration 1h 26min. Quality: good, but a sutra muffled. |
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| video | Not available |
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| online text | find the PDF of this discourse |
| shorttitle | FLOWRS06 |
- notes
- synopsis
- Reader of the sutras: Sw Ananda Teertha.
- The sutra
- Lieh-tzu exhibited his skill in archery to Po-hun Wu-jen.
- When the bow was drawn to its full length, a cup of water was placed on his elbow and he began to shoot.
- As soon as the first arrow was let fly, a second was already on the string, and then a third one followed. In the meantime he stood unmoved like a statue.
- Po-hun Wu-jen said: 'The technique of shooting is fine, but it is not the technique of non-shooting. Let us go up to a high mountain and stand on a projecting rock, and then you try and shoot.'
- They climbed up a mountain. Standing on a rock that projected over a precipice ten thousand feet high, Po-hun Wu-jen moved backwards until one third of his feet were overhanging the edge. He then motioned Lieh-tzu to come forward.
- Lieh-tzu fell down on the ground with perspiration flowing down to his heels.
- Said Po-hun Wu-jen: 'The perfect man soars up above the blue sky, or dives down to the yellow springs, or wanders all over the eight limits of the world, yet shows no sign of change in his spirit. But you betray a sign of trepidation, and your eyes are dazed. How can you expect to hit the target?'
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