Hi LilaQ's
On 21 Dec 98, at 1:29, Horse wrote:
> Hi David
>
> I think I read a similar if not the same story in one of D.T. Suzuki's
> fine books. What occurred to me when reading it was that the Moon is easy
> to see, but if you replace Moon with Star (any one, take your pick) then
> the story takes on a different slant. The hand can get in the way and it
> is not always obvious which Star one is pointing at. Do you see my point?
An update to this post:
It was actually Arthur Waley's The Way and It's Power where I read the moon and
the hand saying - not D.T.Suzuki. Waley also has this to say:
"Not only are books the mere discarded husk or shell of wisdom, but words
themselves are irrelevant to the deeper experience of Tao, the 'wordless doctrine'.
If the Taoist speaks and still more if he writes, he does so merely to arouse
interest in his doctrines, and not in any hope of communicating what another can
not be made to feel, any more than you can feel the pain in my finger"
Horse
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