When the Shoe Fits ~ 04
| event type | discourse |
| date & time | 14 Oct 1974 am |
| location | Lao Tzu balcony, Poona |
| language | English |
| audio | Available, duration 1h 31min. Quality: good, but the questions are inferior (under revision). |
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| video | Not available |
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| online text | find the PDF of this discourse |
| shorttitle | SHOE04 |
- notes
- synopsis
- Reader of the sutra: Sw Ananda Teertha.
- The sutra
- Chi Hsing Tzu was a trainer of fighting cocks for king Hsuan. He was training a fine bird. The king kept asking if the bird were ready for combat.
- 'Not yet', said the trainer. 'He is full of fire. He is ready to pick a fight with every other bird. He is vain and confident of his own strength.'
- After ten days he answered again: 'Not yet. He flares up when he hears another bird crow.'
- After ten more days: 'Not yet. He still gets that angry look and ruffles his feathers.'
- Again ten days. The trainer said: 'Now he is nearly ready. When another bird crows, his eye does not even flicker. He stands immobile like a cock of wood. He is a mature fighter. Other birds will take one look at him and run.'
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