XPost: alt.philosophy.zen, alt.zen, alt.buddha.short.fat.guy   
   From: usagi@tsukino.ca   
      
   On 01/27/2012 10:04 AM, Sevenhundred Elves wrote:   
   > Tsukino Usagi wrote:   
   >   
   >> On 01/10/2012 01:15 AM, i2i wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>> "pi"  wrote in message   
   >>> news:wZKdndLavP8Ok5bSnZ2dnUVZ_sednZ2d@giganews.com...   
   >>>> i2i wrote:   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> "pi"  wrote in message   
   >>>>> news:pNmdnSdN-KBmT5fSnZ2dnUVZ_r-dnZ2d@giganews.com...   
   >>>>>> i2i wrote:   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> "pi"  wrote in message   
   >>>>>>> news:XpGdncJGwP4l3pfSnZ2dnUVZ_rednZ2d@giganews.com...   
   >>>>>>>> Is enlightenment most of all a state of being free?   
   >>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>> pi   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> what else were you looking for ?   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> The Truth.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> but the truth about what exactly ?   
   >>>>   
   >>>> what exactly do you mean?   
   >>>>   
   >>>> pi   
   >>>   
   >>> what exact truth would   
   >>> satisfy your search ?   
   >>>   
   >>> could you recognize what you   
   >>> deem to be truth from the standpoint   
   >>> of the slippery human dilemma ?   
   >>   
   >> I am a fully enlightened zen master. I can prove it. Go ahead, ask me   
   >> something only a fully enlightened zen master would know.   
   >   
   > How do you become a fully enlightened Zen master?   
   >   
   > S.   
      
   Asking questions is a good start.   
   There's a lot of little things,   
   So attention to detail is also required...   
   You can train that by learning to read Chiense or Japanese -- just a   
   suggestion there, not a requirement. Although there are many cultural   
   cues you won't appreciate (as someone who doesn't know the language)   
   until you try.   
   Ultimately the best way to become a fully enlightened Zen master is to   
   already be one. But that would require you to act like one -- but, to   
   act like one before they became a fully enlightened Zen master. You're   
   trying to emulate their success, remember? That is the goal here, right?   
   Practice makes perfect.   
      
   There's also a handful of secret techniques I will teach you if you pay   
   me. I won't discuss those here. But they can be had for free if you   
   dedicate your life to it, maybe, drop out of school like I did or forget   
   about normal work. Hmm. Maybe that is, in a way, one of the secrets. In   
   the immortal words of Japan's famous swordsmaster, "An art without Gokui   
   is not worth studying." Now, be a good little american and wake the fuck   
   up about all this, and you will be WELL on your way.   
      
   Trust me.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)