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syn = Reader of the sutras/questions: [[Sw Ananda Teertha]]. | | syn = Reader of the sutras/questions: [[Sw Ananda Teertha]]. | ||
:A sutra | |||
::In the Tang dynasty there was a stout fellow who was called the Happy Chinaman, or the Laughing Buddha. | |||
::This Hotei had no desire to call himself a Zen master, or to gather disciples around him. Instead he walked the streets with a sack on his back full of candy, fruit and doughnuts -- which he gave out to the children who gathered and played around him. | |||
::Whenever he met a Zen devotee he would extend his hand and say: "Give me one penny." And if anyone asked him to return to the temple to teach others, again he would reply: "Give me one penny." | |||
::Once when he was at his play-work another Zen master happened to along and inquired: "What is the significance of Zen?" Hotei immediately plopped his sack down on the ground in silent answer. | |||
::"Then," asked the other, "what is the actualization of Zen?" At once the Happy Chinaman swung the sack over his shoulder and continued on his way. | |||
:(Questions and sutras quoted from ''[[Osho Books on CD-ROM]]'', ver 1.01.) | |||
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prevevent = Dance Your Way to God ~ 22 | | prevevent = Dance Your Way to God ~ 22 | | ||
nextevent = Dance Your Way to God ~ 23 | | nextevent = Dance Your Way to God ~ 23 | |
Revision as of 12:57, 12 February 2019
event type | discourse |
date & time | 19 Aug 1976 am |
location | Chuang Tzu Auditorium, Poona |
language | English |
audio | Available, duration 1h 18min. Quality: good. |
online audio | |
video | Not available |
online video | |
see also |
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online text | find the PDF of this discourse |
shorttitle | THUNDE09 |
- notes
- synopsis
- Reader of the sutras/questions: Sw Ananda Teertha.
- A sutra
- In the Tang dynasty there was a stout fellow who was called the Happy Chinaman, or the Laughing Buddha.
- This Hotei had no desire to call himself a Zen master, or to gather disciples around him. Instead he walked the streets with a sack on his back full of candy, fruit and doughnuts -- which he gave out to the children who gathered and played around him.
- Whenever he met a Zen devotee he would extend his hand and say: "Give me one penny." And if anyone asked him to return to the temple to teach others, again he would reply: "Give me one penny."
- Once when he was at his play-work another Zen master happened to along and inquired: "What is the significance of Zen?" Hotei immediately plopped his sack down on the ground in silent answer.
- "Then," asked the other, "what is the actualization of Zen?" At once the Happy Chinaman swung the sack over his shoulder and continued on his way.
- (Questions and sutras quoted from Osho Books on CD-ROM, ver 1.01.)
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