Tuesday, May 25, 2010

ambiguity

here is a list of 11 sayings. try and "guess" which ones are ancient and revered buddhist proverbs and which ones are pretentious bullshit with which i came up myself

(that sentence ended with "i came up myself" lol)

1. your worst enemy cannot harm you as much as your own unguarded thoughts

2. things are not what they appear to be; nor are they otherwise

3. happiness does not come from having much but from being attached to little

4. fall asleep as a man, dream as a child, and awaken enlightened

5. although gold dust is precious, when it gets in your eyes, it obstructs your vision

6. sitting quietly, doing nothing, spring comes, and the grass grows by itself

7. a snake hisses at a tree; centuries later the snake is dust and the tree still stands

8. not the wind, not the flag, but the mind is moving

9. life is like stepping onto a boat that is about to sail out to sea and sink

10. to sit and think is meditation, to sit in thought is enlightenment

11. we are nothing but water, sand, and a few afterthoughts

highlight the space below for the answers

authentic buddhist sayings are 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 9

pretentious bullshit is 4, 7, 10, 11

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