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2003-06-22 09:17:20 ET
the one finger the master would hold up was to signify the singular nature over the duality that we continually see...you know...black white, good evil, right wrong, ....binary...logic...
when the student started to mimic this he had no idea what it ment, the master knew this and cut off his freaking finger....
and i guess the student reached enlightenment after he saw his own finger...the enlightenment reached was probably...."holy sh!T my master is a pyscho"...zen is a dangerious gig...in seshin you sit for 8 hours for two to five days, and when you start to nod of, or lose posture...you get corrected...with a bambo stick across the shoulders |
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