A young novice in the service of the abbot of Tōfukuji Temple went to a certain place. The master there jokingly said to him, 'I have seen many monks and priests, but none so handsome as you. I believe nobody in the secular world can match you either. Your parents must also be very good-looking. Now tell me, are you the child of your father or of your mother? I would like to know more about you.'
"The novice replied, 'Certainly. I am from a humble family and that is my fate. I don't know if I should feel honored or embarrassed by your compliments. I also don't know how to answer your question.But let me ask you a question first, and then I will give you my answer.' At that, the novice clapped his hands and asked, 'Please tell me which of my hands made the sound? The right one, or the left one?'
"'The sound came from both, neither from the right one alone nor the left alone,' answered the master.
"'Exactly. My reply to your question is the same. I come from both of my parents. I am neither the child of my father, nor of my mother alone. And as for my looks, you should ask my parents.'
"The master was much impressed. 'Splendid! Your answer is most reasonable,' and he treated the novice very well."
At one time,many gedō and madō heretics gathered and talked about the Buddha, saying, 'What the Buddha does is most hateful. We should ask him a question which he cannot answer and in this way ridicule his teachings.'
"A clever heretic among them agreed, 'A good idea. Leave it to me.' He took a small bird in his hand and went to see the Buddha. Holding out the bird, he asked the Buddha, 'Is this bird alive or dead? If you make a mistake, you will have a difficult problem.'
"Ignoring the question, the Buddha looked at the bird carefully and simply walked to the gateway, stepped overthe threshold, and asked the heretic, 'Am I going in or out? Answer me when you have thought about it carefully. If you make a mistake, great misfortune will befall you.' The clever hereticcould not answer and immediately ran away.
"In the case of the bird, if the Buddha answered it was alive,the heretic would have squeezed it to death in his hand, and shown him the dead bird. And if the Buddha said it was dead, then he would have shown him the live bird. It was a clever trick, but with his superior knowledge of the three ages of past, present and future the Buddha was not going to be beaten by the heretic, no matter how clever he was. If the heretic had answered that the Buddha was going out, then he would have put both his feet inside the threshold and asked the heretic, 'Am I going out?' And if the heretic answered the Buddha was going in, then stepping out of the threshold, he would have asked, 'Am I coming in?' The heretic who ran away was no fool as he had seen the Buddha's intention.
"The novice replied, 'Certainly. I am from a humble family and that is my fate. I don't know if I should feel honored or embarrassed by your compliments. I also don't know how to answer your question.But let me ask you a question first, and then I will give you my answer.' At that, the novice clapped his hands and asked, 'Please tell me which of my hands made the sound? The right one, or the left one?'
"'The sound came from both, neither from the right one alone nor the left alone,' answered the master.
"'Exactly. My reply to your question is the same. I come from both of my parents. I am neither the child of my father, nor of my mother alone. And as for my looks, you should ask my parents.'
"The master was much impressed. 'Splendid! Your answer is most reasonable,' and he treated the novice very well."
At one time,many gedō and madō heretics gathered and talked about the Buddha, saying, 'What the Buddha does is most hateful. We should ask him a question which he cannot answer and in this way ridicule his teachings.'
"A clever heretic among them agreed, 'A good idea. Leave it to me.' He took a small bird in his hand and went to see the Buddha. Holding out the bird, he asked the Buddha, 'Is this bird alive or dead? If you make a mistake, you will have a difficult problem.'
"Ignoring the question, the Buddha looked at the bird carefully and simply walked to the gateway, stepped overthe threshold, and asked the heretic, 'Am I going in or out? Answer me when you have thought about it carefully. If you make a mistake, great misfortune will befall you.' The clever hereticcould not answer and immediately ran away.
"In the case of the bird, if the Buddha answered it was alive,the heretic would have squeezed it to death in his hand, and shown him the dead bird. And if the Buddha said it was dead, then he would have shown him the live bird. It was a clever trick, but with his superior knowledge of the three ages of past, present and future the Buddha was not going to be beaten by the heretic, no matter how clever he was. If the heretic had answered that the Buddha was going out, then he would have put both his feet inside the threshold and asked the heretic, 'Am I going out?' And if the heretic answered the Buddha was going in, then stepping out of the threshold, he would have asked, 'Am I coming in?' The heretic who ran away was no fool as he had seen the Buddha's intention.
Doctor:Sir,I have bad news and worse news.Patient:What's the bad news?Doctor:You only have 24 hours to live.Patient:Well what could be WORSE than that?!Doctor:I've been trying to call you since yesterday!
Maria:Kim,where's Kitty?Kim:I don't know,Maria.Maybe she's..Derek:Mom said you couldn't have a cat.Ooooh!I'm telling!Maria:Mom never said I couldn't have a LION instead.Derek:WHAT?!*chewing and swallowing noises*Maria:Kitty,there you are!
Yolanda:Come on,Sal.Let's play Hide-and-Seek!Sal:No,that's boring.Yolanda:We've got nothing better to do.Sal:FINE.I'll count!*after 20 seconds*Sal:READY OR NOT,HERE I CO-OME!YOLANDA WAS NOT FOUND UNTIL THREE DAYS LATER AT FUNZONE.Sal:YOLANDA!!I've been looking for you FOREVER!Yolanda:Your right,Sal,Hide-and-Seek IS boring*slurps smoothie*Yolanda:Hey...is this icecream expired?
Maria:Kim,where's Kitty?Kim:I don't know,Maria.Maybe she's..Derek:Mom said you couldn't have a cat.Ooooh!I'm telling!Maria:Mom never said I couldn't have a LION instead.Derek:WHAT?!*chewing and swallowing noises*Maria:Kitty,there you are!
Yolanda:Come on,Sal.Let's play Hide-and-Seek!Sal:No,that's boring.Yolanda:We've got nothing better to do.Sal:FINE.I'll count!*after 20 seconds*Sal:READY OR NOT,HERE I CO-OME!YOLANDA WAS NOT FOUND UNTIL THREE DAYS LATER AT FUNZONE.Sal:YOLANDA!!I've been looking for you FOREVER!Yolanda:Your right,Sal,Hide-and-Seek IS boring*slurps smoothie*Yolanda:Hey...is this icecream expired?
Ok it was about 6:30am and i was going to my car to
go to school.Suddenly a figure pops up at my dads
bedroom window.Then it holds my stepmams phone up and it lights her eyes up.WEll i jumped back and screamed.My dad just kept looking up at the window.
Then the figure held the phone up to her ear and my dad got a phone call it was off my step mam.My dad looked up again.The figure pointed at the phone.My dad answerd it.
It was my stepmam saying i had forgotton my jumper
lol
but the way i jumped back was histerical i like leaped back and screamed at the top of my lungs
AAAAGGGHHH
lol
go to school.Suddenly a figure pops up at my dads
bedroom window.Then it holds my stepmams phone up and it lights her eyes up.WEll i jumped back and screamed.My dad just kept looking up at the window.
Then the figure held the phone up to her ear and my dad got a phone call it was off my step mam.My dad looked up again.The figure pointed at the phone.My dad answerd it.
It was my stepmam saying i had forgotton my jumper
lol
but the way i jumped back was histerical i like leaped back and screamed at the top of my lungs
AAAAGGGHHH
lol
Today,Our QUESTION is from:mistymaydawngo:
Q:WHY ARE BANANAS YELLOW?
A:When unripe, the peel of the banana contains chlorophyll, a green pigment that is at the basis of photosynthesis and is so intense that it masks all the other color pigments in the fruit. When the fruit ripens, the membrane surrounding the chlorophyll weakens and permits enzymes to reach and destroy the green pigment. At the same time, that enzymes acts on vitamin A.
Get it?Got IT?Yeah I didn't either!I just Googled it
A shout out to :mistymaydawngo!
remember to comment your Questions and I'll answer ASAP!
Q:WHY ARE BANANAS YELLOW?
A:When unripe, the peel of the banana contains chlorophyll, a green pigment that is at the basis of photosynthesis and is so intense that it masks all the other color pigments in the fruit. When the fruit ripens, the membrane surrounding the chlorophyll weakens and permits enzymes to reach and destroy the green pigment. At the same time, that enzymes acts on vitamin A.
Get it?Got IT?Yeah I didn't either!I just Googled it
A shout out to :mistymaydawngo!
remember to comment your Questions and I'll answer ASAP!
I saw this on cracked.com and I don't have Excel so I want to know if this is real...
1. Open Excel 95 with a blank work sheet
2. Go down to the 95th row
3. Select the whole row
4. Tab over to coloum B
5. Goto Help/About
6. Hold down ctrl-alt-shift and click on the tech support button
7. A window appears call "Hall of Tortured souls"
8. At the end of the hall and all the programmers names
9. Do a 180 turn and type excelkfa. Walk thuorgh the wall and see the pictures.
Sorry i'm just really curious about this.... :/ I'm probably a dumbass for this and have no life for asking, but still! I'm bored...
1. Open Excel 95 with a blank work sheet
2. Go down to the 95th row
3. Select the whole row
4. Tab over to coloum B
5. Goto Help/About
6. Hold down ctrl-alt-shift and click on the tech support button
7. A window appears call "Hall of Tortured souls"
8. At the end of the hall and all the programmers names
9. Do a 180 turn and type excelkfa. Walk thuorgh the wall and see the pictures.
Sorry i'm just really curious about this.... :/ I'm probably a dumbass for this and have no life for asking, but still! I'm bored...
Most of the world's most amazing sights have not been made by people .Nature has some of the best attraction.One of the most beautiful places is Niagara Falls ,which plunges into a canyon about 11 km long .It has a rainbow as the water chases the sun's light and crash down into the steamy canyon below .
In Arizona ,the Colorado River has steadily been giant canyon for about 6 million years.The valley is so deep and steep that nearly a million tourists visit and take the trip down its deep sides every year.
through the heart of South America runs the Amazon River.In some places it feels like a sea .as you can't the other side .Starting in Peru and continuing all the way across Brazil to the Atlantic Ocean ,It is the second longest river in the world after the Nile
want to play test game ?
If you want check this link
link
and if you don't just skip it
In Arizona ,the Colorado River has steadily been giant canyon for about 6 million years.The valley is so deep and steep that nearly a million tourists visit and take the trip down its deep sides every year.
through the heart of South America runs the Amazon River.In some places it feels like a sea .as you can't the other side .Starting in Peru and continuing all the way across Brazil to the Atlantic Ocean ,It is the second longest river in the world after the Nile
want to play test game ?
If you want check this link
link
and if you don't just skip it
HI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! -waves-
Now it's time to get seres i mean serues NO! uh..
SERIOUS.
Justin Bieber is dating selena gomez.
Well everyoe knew he had to date her or demi.
So have you seen the amazing sci fi movie sharktopus XD.
Now let's see......
I need to get note cards for this.
Well i guess i'm going to have to do this!
Meebo Emoticons
(*)
(pacman)
:-*
(loser)
(liar)
(beaten)
(O_O)
(o.O)
(so)
(panda)
(emo)
(rapper)
(sarcasm)
(ghost)
(hug)
Well i'm getting tired of that
PURPLE FLYING HIPPOS!
Now it's time to get seres i mean serues NO! uh..
SERIOUS.
Justin Bieber is dating selena gomez.
Well everyoe knew he had to date her or demi.
So have you seen the amazing sci fi movie sharktopus XD.
Now let's see......
I need to get note cards for this.
Well i guess i'm going to have to do this!
Meebo Emoticons
(*)
(pacman)
:-*
(loser)
(liar)
(beaten)
(O_O)
(o.O)
(so)
(panda)
(emo)
(rapper)
(sarcasm)
(ghost)
(hug)
Well i'm getting tired of that
PURPLE FLYING HIPPOS!
I started a Language contest on the answers spot in this group. Here are the winners:
Round 1) Winner: darkmintoutau
Language: Greek
Όταν η ζωή σου δίνει το λεμόνι, κάνει το χυμό πορτοκαλιού και στη συνέχεια, καθίστε πίσω και αναρωτιέμαι πώς το κάνατε. Και:
Είμαστε αυστηρότερο από ό, τι σε λιπαρές ουσίες τύπος στο καλσόν!
When life gives you lemons, make orange juice and then sit back and wonder how you did. And: We're tighter than a fat guy in tights!
Round 2) Winner: xXxJDloverxXx
Language: Basque
benetan behar dut off lortzeko webgune honetan!
I really need to get off this site!
Round 3) Open.
Round 1) Winner: darkmintoutau
Language: Greek
Όταν η ζωή σου δίνει το λεμόνι, κάνει το χυμό πορτοκαλιού και στη συνέχεια, καθίστε πίσω και αναρωτιέμαι πώς το κάνατε. Και:
Είμαστε αυστηρότερο από ό, τι σε λιπαρές ουσίες τύπος στο καλσόν!
When life gives you lemons, make orange juice and then sit back and wonder how you did. And: We're tighter than a fat guy in tights!
Round 2) Winner: xXxJDloverxXx
Language: Basque
benetan behar dut off lortzeko webgune honetan!
I really need to get off this site!
Round 3) Open.
(Try reading this story with a cowboy or a hilbilly accent)
Tiffany and Pete sat in the moon light.
"Look at them stars. So bright and shiny." Pete said. "Look more like squares to me." Said Tiffany.
"Nooooo, there stars." Pete told Tiffany.
"Hey that squares gettin' bigger.....and bigger....and bigger." Tiffany gasped. "That square looks like its hurrdelin' at us!"
"GET OUT OF THE WAY!" Pete yelled pushing Tiffany out of the way of the falling star. The star landed where Tiffany was sitting but she was now a few feet from it. "YEAH! Gots me a square!" Tiffany squeled
The End.
Short but it was an idea that came to me in the shower...and the idea credit goes to my non fanpopping friends Liz and Tiffany who showed me the "Looks more like squares to me" thingy....any way what do you guys think????
Tiffany and Pete sat in the moon light.
"Look at them stars. So bright and shiny." Pete said. "Look more like squares to me." Said Tiffany.
"Nooooo, there stars." Pete told Tiffany.
"Hey that squares gettin' bigger.....and bigger....and bigger." Tiffany gasped. "That square looks like its hurrdelin' at us!"
"GET OUT OF THE WAY!" Pete yelled pushing Tiffany out of the way of the falling star. The star landed where Tiffany was sitting but she was now a few feet from it. "YEAH! Gots me a square!" Tiffany squeled
The End.
Short but it was an idea that came to me in the shower...and the idea credit goes to my non fanpopping friends Liz and Tiffany who showed me the "Looks more like squares to me" thingy....any way what do you guys think????
When I resolve into the essence
Tlhat I mostly am‚
I feel a deep connection
With every living thing.
For that which most imbues me
With my identity
Is somehow in the other‚ too‚
So that when I look around
I see myself- reflected
Hidden is this union
Is the wonderful discovery
That if indeed the angels
Have wings-
Then so do I.
And if the essence of a flower
Drifts out of a gentle breeze-
Then so do I.
And if the midnight sky
Is radiant with light-
Then so am I.
And if the silent mystery
Somehow becomes revealed
In tiny dewdrops fair-
Then so willI.
For every lovely thing
Manifests the essence
Of which I am a part‚
So beware‚ my soul‚ beware‚
And move with gentle heart
Throughout theis mystic veil.
For if Love has left its imprint here-
Then so have I!
This is not mine‚ this was written by Donna Miesbach
Tlhat I mostly am‚
I feel a deep connection
With every living thing.
For that which most imbues me
With my identity
Is somehow in the other‚ too‚
So that when I look around
I see myself- reflected
Hidden is this union
Is the wonderful discovery
That if indeed the angels
Have wings-
Then so do I.
And if the essence of a flower
Drifts out of a gentle breeze-
Then so do I.
And if the midnight sky
Is radiant with light-
Then so am I.
And if the silent mystery
Somehow becomes revealed
In tiny dewdrops fair-
Then so willI.
For every lovely thing
Manifests the essence
Of which I am a part‚
So beware‚ my soul‚ beware‚
And move with gentle heart
Throughout theis mystic veil.
For if Love has left its imprint here-
Then so have I!
This is not mine‚ this was written by Donna Miesbach