An interesting website for those of us raised in ambiguously religious households. My singing friends might enjoy this article about singing Christian music when you aren’t Christian. I had this experience when singing the Messiah these past two years.
The
name of the website comes from a Buddhist koan. There are various versions
the simplest of which is “If you meet the Buddha, kill him.” Another
version from
this site is: When you meet the Buddha, you
kill the Buddha. When you meet Bodhidharma, you kill Bodhidharma.” Here’s a
discussion of what this might mean, although I find the attempt to
provide an explanation a
bit puzzling, since it is my understanding that the point of a
koan is to
not understand it, and thus liberate yourself from understanding.
posted at 12:51 on Thu, 12 May, 2005 |
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