8/15 Stolen from CL for the Zen bicycle freaks among you:
A Bicycle Zen Koan, for your edification and amusement: A Zen Teacher
saw five of his students return from the market, riding their
bicycles. When they had dismounted, the teacher asked the students,
"Why are you riding your bicycles?" The first student replied, "The
bicycle is carrying this sack of potatoes. I am glad that I do not
have to carry them on my back!" The teacher praised the student,
saying, "You are a smart boy. When you grow old, you will not walk
hunched over, as I do." The second student replied, "I love to watch
the trees and fields pass by as I roll down the path." The teacher
commended the student, "Your eyes are open and you see the world." The
third student replied, "When I ride my bicycle, I am content to chant,
nam myoho renge kyo." The teacher gave praise to the third student,
"Your mind will roll with the ease of a newly trued wheel." The fourth
student answered, "Riding my bicycle, I live in harmony with all
beings." The teacher was pleased and said, "You are riding on the
golden path of non-harming." The fifth student replied, "I ride my
bicycle to ride my bicycle." The teacher went and sat at the feet of
the fifth student, and said, "I am your disciple."
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