So there’s this calendar with a whole bunch of Zen sayings. While many make some sort of sense, others sound like they were uttered by a dude on magical mushrooms who wanted to sound wise.
Some of these quotes are actual Zen statements (per the calendar), others are meaningless crap that I made up. Can you tell which are which?
1. The whole moon and the entire sky are reflected in dewdrops on the grass, or even in one drop of water.
2. To a mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders.
3. Wind, water, mind. One who masters the heart can no longer take harm.
4. Wanting nothing with all your heart stop the stream. When the world dissolves everything becomes clear.
5. An Autumn night…don’t think your life didn’t matter.
6. To one who waits, the tree gains existence.
7. Generally, faith is like spring mist at first. Be brave at the vanishing point.
8. Hollowness can only result from existence.
9. Neither stone, nor water, nor the sky raises the forest.
10. If the greatest cold does not penetrate into our bones, how will the fragrance of the plum blossoms pervade the entire universe?
When he says, “So there’s this calendar,” what he means is “Katrushka bought this Zen calendar because she likes nonsensical pseudo-meaningful gibberish.” >:-(
Plus the pictures were pretty!
I think you made up 3, 4, 6, 7, and 10. But I am a materialistic Western Man. I have read Illuminatus! seven times, however.
“A Zen master and a Western philosopher jumped off of a tall building together to test their thoughts of Being and Nothingness. There was no difference, except the Western philospher was a Pragmatist, and had packed a parachute.”
Frickin 7 at least… but 3,4,5, 9 and 10 are suspect.
i say 3,5,6, and 8 are donnie. the dewdrop one actually struck me a bit. the others just make me miss being drunk.
And the answers are…………………………..
………….spoilers……………..
3, 6, 8 and 9. I thought 3 and 9 were the most obvious.
I scored 50% and that really screws my nerd creds. I thought for sure 4 was made up. It sounds like a John Lennon-on-acid lyric run to Chinese and then back English on Babblefish.
Actually, it was Steve Jobs on acid.
Annie did the best. Yay, Annie, you win at being Asian.
my prize should be a calendar with gibberish ALL made up by donnie.
I’ll get him on that.
Brilliant idea. I’ll gather up the Eggs and we’ll get something together.
no geometric porn from the mascot, please. but gems such as “forsooth, sucka!” are welcome, welcome welcome. 😉
I will make sure there is no pr0n. Tentative title: Zegg, the Eggish Art of Zen.
Oh mylanta georgia. I am on tenterhooks.