A monk said to another: "Truly, I have entered the Way beyond concepts!"
The other monk replied: "Saying that is a concept; so what have you moved beyond?"
The first monk said: "Saying that to me is a concept; since I've moved beyond concepts, I don't care about the answer."
The second monk said: "Ok, keep telling yourself that. I think I hear a cat yelling at Nansen's place around now."
The first monk replied: "Hey, you don't know me, man."
The second monk said: "Oh yeah? I've looked at your post history and know lots of things about you."
The first monk retorted: "That was before I entered the Way beyond concepts. I don't distinguish things dualistically anymore, so that time is completely different from this one."
The second monk smirked: "Read that again, slowly. You're getting mad."
The first monk said: "My equanimity is unshakeable! I'm not mad, I'm laughing, actually!"
Neither of them experienced great enlightenment. They did have a pretty good time getting all worked up though.
Somewhere, a bird pecked a mirror, thinking it was another bird.
Submitted January 31, 2020 at 02:26AM by king_nine https://ift.tt/2OdWm5v
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