Zen a day - Feb 5

February has already been a busy month and will continue to do so, but I will try to at least post the Zen and HNT.

Here is the Zen to date:

Friday 1 February 2008
The monk from Shu with the silk lute case,
walking west of O-mei mountain,
Has with a light touch of the strings
enveloped me in the pines of a thousand valleys.
I hear him in the shimmering brook,
I hear him in the icy wind.
And I feel no change as the mountain darkens
and autumn's dark clouds heap in the sky.
- Li Po

Saturday 2 February 2008
Monk: "How should I escape birth and death?"
Shih-kung: "What is the use of escaping it?"
- Zen mondo

Sunday 3 February 2008
You're asking the wrong questions. If you want to make the world a better place, tell funnier jokes!
- Woody Allen

Monday 4 February 2008
The satiated man and the hungry man do not see the same thing when they look upon a loaf of bread.
- Rumi

Tuesday 5 February 2008
Everything flows from your own heart.
- Fa-yen