Ryôanji

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Gene van Troyer
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Thu May 08, 2008 12:46 am

Everyone seems to wax poetic about Ryôan Temple's stone garden. I went. I saw. The monks have a great cash cow. No wonder they smile mysteriously when you see it and ask, "That's it?"

Ryôanji? Really?
Dirt, gravel, mossy rock piles?
Just like my back yard.

(Just couldn't help it... :D )
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Thu May 08, 2008 7:19 am

.......but you can kick a ball about in your backyard - not just a koan.
After letting go of branches and walking through the ape gait, we managed to grasp what hands were really for......
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Thu May 08, 2008 9:16 am

barrie wrote:.......but you can kick a ball about in your backyard - not just a koan.
And if you catch the right monk at the right time as he smiles mysteriously, he may reply, "Will koans never cease?"
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Fri May 09, 2008 10:16 pm

F'narg, whadda, must compute, brain wang, spliff needed, at ease, nope it's dope, floodgate massacre. OK-Computer.

By means of reciprocation.

Can one moan down telephones making gronal noises from the scrotal sackage, though?

Sorry Gene, just couldn't help it! :D
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beautifulloser wrote:F'narg, whadda, must compute, brain wang, spliff needed, at ease, nope it's dope, floodgate massacre. OK-Computer.

By means of reciprocation.

Can one moan down telephones making gronal noises from the scrotal sackage, though?

Sorry Gene, just couldn't help it! :D
Off to the temple stoop. A set of fly-catching chopsticks for the lad. :)
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Fri May 09, 2008 11:00 pm

Off to the temple stoop. A set of fly-catching chopsticks for the lad. :)
Plus some wax and a chamois.

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