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02-28-2008, 02:13 PM | #1 |
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the buddhists say there are
8 winds: gain & loss praise & ridicule credit & blame suffering & joy if you aren't aware of them, they will blow you away like dry leaves in the autumn breeze. for example, when someone praises you, and that taste is sweet, like candy in your mouth you are being blown away by the wind of praise. one day in ancient china, a young man thought he had become enlightened. he wrote a poem to his master about how he was not blown by the 8 winds. then he sent it to his master who lived 300 miles up the yangtze river. when his master read the poem, he wrote, "fart, fart" on the bottom and sent it back. the more the young man read those words, the more upset he got. at last he decided to visit his master. in those days, a 300 mile trip up the yangtze river was a very difficult journey. as soon as he arrived, he went straight to his master's temple. "why did you write this?" he asked, bowing. "doesn't this poem show that i am no longer blown about by the 8 winds?" "you say that you are no longer blown by the 8 winds," replied his master, "but two little farts blew you all the way up here." |
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02-29-2008, 03:47 AM | #3 |
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