Department of Zen Corrections

[mithriltabby]

• There is no such thing as a “bodhi hammer” that induces enlightenment when whacked on someone’s head.
• The lump depicted on top of the Buddha’s head was not raised by a bodhi hammer.
• The Buddha did not sit under a pipal tree for 49 days because a cat had fallen asleep in his lap.

(Okay, I’ve never actually said these things to people who might believe them. But I occasionally wonder if I’m going to wind up in a Zen version of Skippy’s List someday...)

Comments

[caprine.livejournal.com]

The Zen version of Skippy's List is an immoral imperative. Please continue to compile it.

[mithriltabby]

I will certainly do so as the ideas occur. This being Zen, I’m concerned that if I come up with too many of them, I will be asked to teach...

[caprine.livejournal.com]

See also this (http://sharrukin.livejournal.com/95715.html).