A Buddhist lama enlightens his dog

[Taomeow]

[Marblehead]

It looked to me like the dog wasn't interested in enlightenment.

 

Peace & Love!

[Vajrahridaya]

It looked to me like the dog wasn't interested in enlightenment.

 

Peace & Love!

 

No, probably not... but, dog's are moody as well.

[Taomeow]

It looked to me like the dog wasn't interested in enlightenment.

 

Peace & Love!

 

Zhuangzi and his friend were walking along the river.

'Look at the fish,' Zhuangzi said with a smile, 'how they jump and somersault, they are enjoying themselves so much!'

'You are not a fish,' his friend said, 'you can't know if they are enjoying themselves.'

'You are not me,' Zhuangzi replied, 'you can't know if I know if the fish are enjoying themselves.'

 

[Vajrahridaya]

Zhuangzi and his friend were walking along the river.

'Look at the fish,' Zhuangzi said with a smile, 'how they jump and somersault, they are enjoying themselves so much!'

'You are not a fish,' his friend said, 'you can't know if they are enjoying themselves.'

'You are not me,' Zhuangzi replied, 'you can't know if I know if the fish are enjoying themselves.'

 

All I know is that Lama Zopa is great!

[Marblehead]

Zhuangzi and his friend were walking along the river.

'Look at the fish,' Zhuangzi said with a smile, 'how they jump and somersault, they are enjoying themselves so much!'

'You are not a fish,' his friend said, 'you can't know if they are enjoying themselves.'

'You are not me,' Zhuangzi replied, 'you can't know if I know if the fish are enjoying themselves.'

 

 

Hehehe. Okay. Okay. You made your point.

 

What the heck do I know? Not much, for sure, but I do have my perceptions.

 

 

Hey VJ. You think dogs are moody? Try doing something like that to a cat.

 

Peace & Love!

[ralis]

The dog was enlightening the Lama!

 

 

ralis

[TheSongsofDistantEarth]

Dogs rule, anyway. I don't understand all these cat people.

[ralis]

All I know is that Lama Zopa is great!

 

Great in what way? Because you said so? Your statement implies he must be on a higher level than others. You continually refer to a hierarchy while denying none exist.

 

 

ralis

[Birch]

"I don't understand all these cat people.2

 

- "I am the cat who walks by himself and all places are alike to me"

 

Was Kipling a Taoist?

[Marblehead]

"I don't understand all these cat people.2

 

- "I am the cat who walks by himself and all places are alike to me"

 

Was Kipling a Taoist?

 

Hehehe. Yeah, I think dogs are Buddhists and cats are Taoists.

 

Peace & Love!

[TheSongsofDistantEarth]

Hehehe. Yeah, I think dogs are Buddhists and cats are Taoists.

 

Peace & Love!

 

 

Marblehead, ye are a traitor for saying that.

[Marblehead]

Marblehead, ye are a traitor for saying that.

 

 

Hehehe. Well, it sounded right when I said it. I'll reconsider.

 

Peace & Love!

[3bob]

Hehehe. Well, it sounded right when I said it. I'll reconsider.

 

Peace & Love!

 

Dogs are loyal, that is enough for them and a lot for us!

 

Cats don't lie, that is enough for them and a lot for us!

[3bob]

"Does a dog have Buddha nature?"

 

http://article.wn.com/view/2009/05/15/Do_dogs_have_a_Buddha_nature/

[Brian]

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[Marblehead]

Dogs are loyal, that is enough for them and a lot for us!

 

Cats don't lie, that is enough for them and a lot for us!

 

Hehehe. That's 3bob for ya. Always trying to find the middle path.

 

But cats are cleaner and they don't bark!

 

Peace & Love!

[TheSongsofDistantEarth]

Does a Bob have Buddha nature?

[Marblehead]

Does a Bob have Buddha nature?

 

From what I know of him I would say that that is a given.

 

Peace & Love!

 

 

(Hugs and a pat on the back for 3Bob.)

[Taomeow]

Dogs rule, anyway. I don't understand all these cat people.

 

Me neither... and I'm one of them!

 

In one of her SF books, Ursula Le Guinn (one of the better translators of the Tao Te Ching, by the way) describes a futuristic society where genetic modifications ran away -- everything alive was tampered with, supposedly to improve on it. The main protagonist explains why things like talking dogs they created were unbearable. The dog whom science had given human speech went something like, "I'm hungry, I love you, let's play ball, do you love me, I want love, I want chicken, I want sex, sex, sex, say you love me, I smell chicken, I'm hungry, I love you, I love you so much, do you love me, do you do you do you do you, say you love me, say it say it, sex sex sex sex love love love chicken chicken ball ball ball do you love me do you love me..."

[Marblehead]

Hehehe. Yep. That's dog. (I've known some men like that too.)

 

Peace & Love!

[Taomeow]

Hehehe. Yep. That's dog. (I've known some men like that too.)

 

Peace & Love!

I knew someone would recognize them.

[Vajrahridaya]

Hehehe. Okay. Okay. You made your point.

 

What the heck do I know? Not much, for sure, but I do have my perceptions.

 

 

Hey VJ. You think dogs are moody? Try doing something like that to a cat.

 

Peace & Love!

 

Oh I know... I've had both and cats are definitely more moody than dogs, like almost schizophrenic! I think it's just because they are super sensitive to outside stimuli on an extra sensory level while dogs can sometimes be quite clueless and goofy,

[Marblehead]

Oh I know... I've had both and cats are definitely more moody than dogs, like almost schizophrenic! I think it's just because they are super sensitive to outside stimuli on an extra sensory level while dogs can sometimes be quite clueless and goofy,

 

Hehehe. I'm not going to remind you of the association I made above.

 

(Oh My Goodness! I'm in trouble now!!! Hehehe.)

 

Peace & Love!

[Vajrahridaya]

Hehehe. I'm not going to remind you of the association I made above.

 

(Oh My Goodness! I'm in trouble now!!! Hehehe.)

 

Peace & Love!

 

I already saw that. I would say Buddhists are both and Taoists are just cats. Nah, nah!