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WHEN JUDAISM MEETS BUDDHISM
>
>
> * Take only what is given. Own nothing but your robes and an alms bowl.
> Unless, of course, you
> have the closet space.
>
>
>
> * Let your mind be as a floating cloud. Let your stillness be as the
> wooded glen. And sit up straight.
> You'll never meet the Buddha with posture like that.
>
>
>
> * There is no escaping karma. In a previous life, you never called, you
> never wrote, you never
> visited. And whose fault was that?
>
>
>
> * Wherever you go, there you are. Your luggage is another story.
>
>
>
> * To practice Zen and the art of Jewish motorcycle maintenance, do the
> following: Get rid of the
> motorcycle. What were you thinking?
>
>
>
> * Learn of the pine from the pine. Learn of the bamboo from the bamboo.
> Learn of the kugel from the
> kugel.
>
> [VHM: KUGEL is a Yiddish word for a baked pudding of noodles or
> potatoes, eggs, and seasonings, traditionally eaten by Jews on the
> Sabbath. {Yiddish kugel, ball (from its puffed-up shape), from Middle
> High German,.}]
>
>
> * Be aware of your body. Be aware of your perceptions. Keep in mind that
> not every physical
> sensation is a symptom of a terminal illness.
>
>
>
> * If there is no self, whose Arthritis is this?
>
>
>
> * Breathe in. Breathe out. Breathe in. Breathe out. Forget this, and
> attaining Enlightenment will be
> the least of your problems.
>
>
>
> * The Tao has no expectations. The Tao demands nothing of others. The
> Tao does not speak. The
> Tao does not blame. The Tao does not take sides. The Tao is not Jewish.
>
>
>
> * Drink tea and nourish life. With the first sip, joy. With the second,
> satisfaction. With the third,
> Danish.
>
>
>
> * The Buddha taught that one should practice loving kindness to all
> sentient beings. Still, would it
> kill you to find a nice sentient being who happens to be Jewish?
>
>
>
> * Be patient and achieve all things. Be impatient and achieve all things
> faster.
>
>
>
> * In nature, there is no good or bad, better or worse. The wind may blow
> or not. The flowering
> branch grows long or short. Do not judge or prefer. Ask only, "Is it
> good for the Jews?"
>
>
>
> * To Find the Buddha, look within. Deep inside you are ten thousand
> flowers. Each flower blossoms
> ten thousand times. Each blossom has ten thousand petals. You might want
> to see a specialist.
>
>
>
> * Be here now. Be someplace else later. Is that so complicated?
>
>
>
> * The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single oy.
>
>
>
> * If you wish to know The Way, don't ask for directions. Argue.
>
>
>
> * Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkes.
>
> [VHM: Bupkes is a Yiddish word for something like "{a pile of}
> beans," i.e., nothing.]
 

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