B=Boss, M=Me
B: I need to talk to you about your production.
M: Yea, boss. I knew you'd be proud.
B: Proud. You are as close to being fired as they get.
M: Fired. I've been making ducks like you wouldn't believe.
B: You don't even know what production is.
M: Yea, Boss, it PROvides DUCks to the world, and I have been faithfully doing that.
B: And I have warehouses filled with them. The world is saturated with ducks.
M: But do they have duck smart phones and duck sex toys?
B: When I go on my sales trips, I step out of my car and I see a "closed" sign appear on the door of every store. Right in front of my eyes. The sign goes on and the lights go out.
M: What is it that you want me to make?
B: Anything but ducks.
M: Ok, how about geese?
B: That's a leap.
M: Farther than more ducks.
B: Yea.
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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1. the production of washing machines: manufacture, making, construction, building, fabrication, assembly, creation; mass-production.
2 the production of literary works: creation, origination, fashioning; composition, writing.
3 literary productions: work, opus, creation; publication, composition, piece; work of art, painting, picture; Law intellectual property.
4 agricultural production: output, yield; productivity.
5 admission only on production of a ticket: presentation, proffering, showing.
6 a theater production: performance, staging, presentation, show, piece, play. Which definition fits? H.
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