XPost: alt.philosophy.taoism, alt.buddha.short.fat.guy, alt.philosophy.zen   
   From: wudao@wuji.net   
      
   Tang wrote:   
   > brian mitchell wrote:   
   >> Tang Huyen:   
   >   
   >>> the masters just blow smoke from their a**ses   
   >   
   >> One too many redactions.   
   >   
   >The master pulled his trick from across the world   
   >and a millennium or so, in an ancient, exotic language,   
   >right on the dot. He just blew smoke from his a*s   
   >("random nonsense"), just to set you off ("the verbal   
   >equivalent of a Rorschach test"), and get you to spill   
   >your guts, for nothing. Remember the saying: selling   
   >water by the river? Or the American saying: selling   
   >to you the shirt that you wear on your back? It's free.   
   >Words are cheap. It's a Communist plot, as transparent   
   >as it comes.   
   >   
   >You just contributed another iteration unasked, as on   
   >rails, comme il faut. A sucker is born every minute.   
   >More power to the master, whoever he was! Banzai!   
      
   There's a short line that says more words mean less.   
      
   I never pay attention to that one.   
      
   Another line speaks of flowery words.   
      
   Another speaks of less and less.   
      
   Meaningless words can be spoken over and over looked   
   over, just as profound words can be found on the ground   
   and all over, for those who have eyes to sea as   
   they sail away, over the mountains.   
      
   - for a spell   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)