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7/24/2008 A guest was asked by Chao Chou, "Have you ever been here?." "Yes, I have," was the reply. "Seeing as you've been here," said Chao Chou, "I ask you in to tea." After some time, another arrival was asked by Chao Chou, "Have you ever been here, brother?" "No, I haven't" "Seeing that you have never been here," said the master, "I ask you in to tea." Hearing this, the monk in charge was very surprised. "These two visitors gave you quite contrary answers to the same question, however, both were invited to tea. What did you mean by that?" he asked Chao Chou. At this Chao Chou cried out, "Oh, Master in charge!" "here I am," the monk replied without delay. "Come along! Let's drink tea!" There were one three Ch'an masters named Yen T'ou, Hsueh Feng, and Ch'in Shan who came together to have a chat. Pointing to a tub filled with clean water, Hsueh Feng indented to make a comment, but was forestalled by Ch'in Shan who poetically recited the following verse: "There is moonlight in clean water." After hearing this, Hsueh Feng protested, saying, "and in clean water there is no moonlight." The next was Yen T'ou. Without saying a word, he kicked the tub over and went on his way. Guy A. Zona
"The secret of happiness is to see all the marvels of the world, and never to forget the drops of oil on the spoon." "...there is one great truth on this planet: whoever you are, or whatever it is that you do, when you really want something, its because that desire originated in the soul of the universe. Its your mission on earth." " Because, I don't live in either my past or my future. I'm interested only in the present. If you can concentrate always on the present, you'll be a happy man. You'll see that there is life in the desert, that there are stars in the heavens and that tribesmen fight because they are part of human race. Life will be a party for you, a grand festivel, because life is the moment, we're living right now." The Alchemist Paulo Coelho
03/20/2008 The Book of Tea One day Soshi was walking on the bank of a river with a friend. "How delightfully the fishes are enjoying themselves in the water!" exclaimed Soshi. His friend spoke to them thus: "You are not a fish; how do you know that the fishes are enjoying themselves?" "You are not myself," returned Soshi; "How do you know that I do not know that the fishes are enjoying themselves? -Kakuzo Okakura
The Book of Tea Flowers “Flowers, if you were in the land of the Mikado, you might some time meet a dread personage armed with scissors and a tiny saw. He would claim the rights of a doctor and you would instinctively hat him, for you know a doctor always seeks to prolong the trouble of his victims. He would cut, bend, and twist you into those impossible positions which he thinks it proper that you should assume. He would contort your muscles and dislocate your bones like any osteopath. He would bun you with red hot coals to stop you from bleeding, and thrust wires into you to assist you circulation. He would diet you with salt, vinegar, alum, and sometimes vitriol. Boiling water would be poured on your feet when you seemed ready to faint. It would be his boast that he could keep life within you for two or more weeks longer than would have been possible without his treatment. Would you not have preferred to have been killed at once when you were first captured?” -Kakuzo Okakura
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