*the apple
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Before * they were neither naked nor clothed.
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Reflections on Talks on Buddha's Lists
During a recent Appamada Intensive our students gave talks on Buddha's lists. Here are my reflections on their talks.
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Rhinoceros Fan (an infamous koan) One day Yanguan called to his attendant, "Bring me the rhinoceros fan." The attendant said, ...
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Whats wrong with apples, they taste good? H.
They aren't highly refined to the point that the flavor leaves and then is returned with a human-made flavor.
Kim, I briefly heard you mention this before our meal, but seeing the whole image-word notation, I understand where you are going. Could we find a place in the modern world that offers the self-consciousness-less of the world *before*?
In the old world, most people were bound by the beliefs of their parents. That is no longer true here. Most people could not read and did not have access to ideas of "no self." I think the "world before" is overrated compared to this world.
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