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There is reliable but "unofficial" word that teh Wilcos will be playing a smallish outdoor KC venue mid October.

 

fat.boy became so excited when a new show was intimated, he just couldn't keep the news under his hat. So to speak.

 

Stay tuned to WILCOWORLD for further developements. Muah. :ninja

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Kyogen Mounts the Tree

 

Kyogen said: `Zen is like a man hanging in a tree by his teeth over a precipice. His hands grasp no branch, his feet rest on no limb, and under the tree another person asks him: `Why does Bodhidharma come to China from India?'

 

`If the man in tree does not answer, he fails; and if he does answer, he falls and loses his life. Now what shall he do?'

 

Mumon's Comment: In such a predicament the most talented eloquence is no use. If you have memorized all the sutras, you cannot use them. When you can give the right answer, even though your past road was one of death, you open up a new road of life. But if you cannot answer, you should ages hence and the future Buddha, Maitreya.

 

Kyogen is truly a fool

Spreading that ego-killing poison

That closes his pupils' mouths

And lets their tears stream from their dead eyes.

 

This was the last Koan (Kung-an in Korean) that I passed prior to my now 9 year hiatus. Someday, someday I will get back to it.

 

Too bad I am shooting my Wilco wad in September :lol

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