[Buddha-l] Zen master in Hell?
Erik Hoogcarspel
jehms at xs4all.nl
Sat Jul 7 02:36:42 MDT 2007
jkirk schreef:
> I just got this ad from the New Yorker touting a kind of grill.
>
> The ad says:
> "Sure, a gas grill can't be beat for convenience, but it doesn't deliver
> that Zen-like experience you can only get from grilling over charcoal.
>
> [Wow--does this ad writer have experience of being grilled in Hell? over
> charcoal?]
>
> The ad continues:
> With _______'s charcoal grilling: the art of cooking with live fire, you'll
> be a grilling Zen master in no time.
>
> [Sounds excruciating. Asthmatics need not apply.]
>
> Joanna
>
The real master off course doesn't move and just sits, shikantaza.
It makes getting burnt at the stake while singing psalms look like childplay.
Erik
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