Saturday, September 27, 2014
Whose Eye is Beauty In—Beholder or Creator?
Zen says the artist,
the audience,
both,
and neither.
And is it in the eye
or the mind…
or the visual
cortex?
Uncle Ed
asks
if it
matters?
My wife says
you know better
than to ask
me that.
To be honest,
It is all beautiful
to me, this
life of ours.
Try to construct
a more interesting
mix of this
and that.
Always a surprise,
and a challenge.
Always a miraculous
sight to behold.
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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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