If You Meet the Buddha on the Road, Kill Him!

If You Meet the Buddha on the Road, Kill Him! by Sheldon Kopp

If You Meet the Buddha on the Road, Kill Him! Sheldon Kopp ebook
Page: 249
ISBN: 0553257439, 9780553257434
Format: djvu
Publisher: Bantam

Listen and learn from all the experts, all the books and articles and blogs (oh, my!). In other words: Don't be so attached to a particular destiny. I'm reminded of the Buddhist saying. If You Meet the Buddha on the Road, Kill Him. And sometimes you find your destiny while you're busy avoiding it. If you meet the Buddha on the road, kill him. You won't do either, well not literally. There are various interpretations of this phrase, but I have always taken it as an admonition against idealizing the Buddha too much. Which brings me to the old Zen saying, if you meet the Buddha on the road, kill him. Peter tells Olivia that this book, first published in 1972, is one of his favorites, “Because it talks about not depending on other people for answers. For Dribble you may wish to use drivel it is shorter and more accurate? I feel you may have not used the correct word for your writings.. €If you meet Buddha in the road, kill him” goes the old Zen koan. I take this to mean: beware of excessive adulation of the Big Experts. Commandment "Thou shall not kill" or is that to much of mix? If You Meet Hahnemann On The Road, Kill Him. That you can only find the answers inside yourself. If you meet the buddha on the road, kill him Meditation and Spirituality. TrackBack URL for this entry: http://www.typepad.com/services/trackback/6a00d8341c5dea53ef01156eaf18c2970c. If.You.Meet.the.Buddha.on.the.Road.Kill.Him..pdf. If You Meet the Buddha on the Road, Kill Him!