When the Shoe Fits ~ 09: Difference between revisions
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
(Imported from text file) |
Dhyanantar (talk | contribs) No edit summary |
||
Line 19: | Line 19: | ||
stitle = SHOE09 | | stitle = SHOE09 | | ||
notes = | | notes = | | ||
syn = Reader of the | syn = Reader of the sutra: [[Sw Ananda Teertha]]. | ||
:The sutra | |||
::Duke Hwan of Khi, first in his dynasty, sat under his canopy reading his philosophy. And Phien the wheelwright was out in the yard making a wheel. | |||
::Phien laid aside hammer and chisel, climbed the steps, and said to duke Hwan: 'May I ask you, lord, what is this you are reading?' | |||
::The duke said: 'The experts, the authorities.' | |||
::And Phien asked: 'Alive or dead?' | |||
::The duke said: 'Dead a long time.' | |||
::'Then,' said the wheelwright, 'you are reading only the dirt they left behind.' | |||
::The duke replied: 'What do you know about it? You are only a wheelwright. You had better give me a good explanation or else you must die.' | |||
::The wheelwright said: 'Let us look at the affair from my point of view. When I make wheels, if I go easy they fall apart, and if I am too rough they do not fit. But if I am neither too easy nor too violent they come out right. The work is what I want it to be. | |||
::You cannot put this into words, you just have to know how it is. I cannot even tell my own son exactly how it is done, and my own son cannot learn it from me. So here I am, seventy years old, still making wheels! | |||
::The men of old took all they really knew with them to the grave. And so, lord, what you are reading there is only the dirt they left behind them.' | |||
:([[Glossary#source_of_quotes_in_the_synopsis|source:''CD-ROM'']]) | |||
| | |||
prevevent = When the Shoe Fits ~ 08 | | prevevent = When the Shoe Fits ~ 08 | | ||
nextevent = When the Shoe Fits ~ 10 | | nextevent = When the Shoe Fits ~ 10 | |
Revision as of 17:24, 16 May 2019
event type | discourse |
date & time | 19 Oct 1974 am |
location | Lao Tzu balcony, Poona |
language | English |
audio | Available, duration 1h 35min. Quality: good, but a slight constant noise and the questions are inferior (under revision). |
online audio | |
video | Not available |
online video | |
see also |
|
online text | find the PDF of this discourse |
shorttitle | SHOE09 |
- notes
- synopsis
- Reader of the sutra: Sw Ananda Teertha.
- The sutra
- Duke Hwan of Khi, first in his dynasty, sat under his canopy reading his philosophy. And Phien the wheelwright was out in the yard making a wheel.
- Phien laid aside hammer and chisel, climbed the steps, and said to duke Hwan: 'May I ask you, lord, what is this you are reading?'
- The duke said: 'The experts, the authorities.'
- And Phien asked: 'Alive or dead?'
- The duke said: 'Dead a long time.'
- 'Then,' said the wheelwright, 'you are reading only the dirt they left behind.'
- The duke replied: 'What do you know about it? You are only a wheelwright. You had better give me a good explanation or else you must die.'
- The wheelwright said: 'Let us look at the affair from my point of view. When I make wheels, if I go easy they fall apart, and if I am too rough they do not fit. But if I am neither too easy nor too violent they come out right. The work is what I want it to be.
- You cannot put this into words, you just have to know how it is. I cannot even tell my own son exactly how it is done, and my own son cannot learn it from me. So here I am, seventy years old, still making wheels!
- The men of old took all they really knew with them to the grave. And so, lord, what you are reading there is only the dirt they left behind them.'
◄ Previous event | Next event ► |
◄ Previous in series | Next in series ► |