Whenever anyone asked him about Zen, the great master Gutei would quietly raise one finger into the air. A boy in the village began to imitate this behavior. Whenever he heard people talking about Gutei's teachings, he would interrupt the discussion and raise his finger. Gutei heard about the boy's mischief. When he saw him in the street, he seized him and cut off his finger. The boy cried and began to run off, but Gutei called out to him. When the boy turned to look, Gutei raised his finger into the air. At that moment the boy became enlightened.
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 Dec 18 2003, 8:33 am
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Dec 18 2003, 9:54 am
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Maz
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Your such a troll, this post has null purpose.
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Sorry, made a mis interpretation.
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Goku72 wrote:
That "story" made no sense what so ever. You should really stop trying to be a, "Good Christian" and think before trying to, "convert" people. I didn't see anything in his post relevant to Christianity.... | |
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Zen is a form of Buddhism, which is a set of doctrines that claims denial of worldly pleasures is a path to Nirvana, i.e. salvation. However, the gospel clearly states that no one comes to the father (God in heaven) except through Jesus and that worshipping graven images (statues of Buddha) is against God's commandments. As you are a citizen of a country that is Christian at its roots, I suggest that you forsake this heathen idolatery which is nothing but a satanic lie to trick people into thinking they can save their souls through their own power. The very idea that someone could gain "enlightenment" through the actions of a mortal man tainted by original sin is contrary to basic Christian tenets and values. If we were living in a free country that respected free will, you would not be allowed to post this and endanger the souls of others by exposing them to alternative viewpoints and thereby depriving them of their free will! [END SARCASM] | |
eh...sounds like a sad story of irony, not enlightenment, Ive heard toilet humor with the EXACT same base plot. I fail to be enlightened yet... please, go somewhere where your pitiful arguments will be appreciated... er scratch that, itll just breed more pitiful arguments with no real knowledge to back it up
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