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OPENING THE CLOWN
CHAKRA
They say that laughter is the best medicine. It is so easy to get pulled
into having too serious an outlook on life .... so, here are a few
little antidotes to the affliction of seriousness. You may have heard
some of these already, but hopefully not all of them. This is otherwise
known as 'Opening the CLOWN Chakra'.
Here is a more in-depth
explanation of this:
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One day a young
Buddhist on his journey home, came to the banks of a wide river. Staring
hopelessly at the great obstacle in front of him, he pondered for hours
on just how to cross such a wide barrier. Just as he was about to give
up his pursuit to continue his journey he saw a great teacher on the
other side of the river. The young Buddhist yells over to the teacher
"Oh wise one, can you tell me how to get to the other side of this
river"? The teacher ponders for a moment, looks
up and down the river, and yells back "My son,
you are on the other side".
A father knocks on his son's
door. "Wake up son" he says. His son replies "I don't want to wake up
father". The father shouts "get up, you have to go to school". The son
says "I don't want to go to school". "Why not?" asks the father. "Three
reasons" says the son ... "First, because it's so dull; second, the kids
tease me; and third, I hate school". And the father says "Well, I am
going to give you three reasons why you must go to school. First,
because it is your duty; second, because you are forty five years old,
and third, because you are the headmaster". Wake up, wake up! You've
grown up. You're too big to sleep. Wake up! Stop playing with your toys
(quoted and adapted from AWARENESS by
Anthony de Mello)
Before you criticize someone,
you should first walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you
criticize them, you're a mile away and you also have their shoes.
A wandering monk walked
barefoot everywhere he went, such that the soles of his feet
eventually became quite thick and leathery. And because he ate very
little, he gradually became frail. Several days often passed between
opportunities to brush his teeth, so he usually had very bad breath.
Therefore, throughout the region, he came to be known as the 'supercalloused
fragile mystic plagued with halitosis'.
New Age Saying: Never drive
faster than your angel can fly.
Buddhist Saying: Don't just do
something ... sit there!
What did the yogi say to the
waiter in the pizzeria? - "Make me one with everything".
When the yogi got the pizza,
he gave the waiter a 20 dollar bill. The waiter didn't return with any
change, so the yogi asked "don't I get any change?", to which the waiter
replied "Change must come from within".
Two psychic friends meet up.
One says to the other "you are fine, how am I?".
When asked what he thought
about western civilization, Gandhi replied that it would be a good idea!
Q: Why don't Buddhists vacuum
in the corners?
A: Because they have no
attachments.
Q: How many Zen Buddhists does
it take to take to change a light bulb?
A: None. They are the light
bulb.
Q: How many Zen Buddhists does
it take to change a light bulb?
A: Three. One to change it;
one to not change it; and one to both not change it and change it.
Q: How many Zen Buddhists does
it take to change a light bulb?
A: Leaves falling in a forest.
Disciple: Oh wise and
all-knowing one, please show me the place of perfect peace.
Master: If I show it to you,
it will no longer be peaceful.
Albert Einstein is reported to
have said: "Only two things are infinite - the universe and human
stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former".
A Zen Master once said to his
student "do the opposite of whatever I tell you". So, he didn't.
"I had a dream that I was
awake, and I woke up to find myself asleep"
(Stan Laurel)
"Breathe in. Breathe out.
Breathe in, Breathe out. Forget this and attaining Enlightenment will be
the least of your problems"
(from 'Sayings of a Jewish
Buddhist')
"Deep inside, you are ten
thousand flowers. Each flower blossoms ten thousand times. Each blossom
has ten thousand petals. You might want to see a specialist!"
(from 'Sayings of a Jewish
Buddhist')
Many thanks to friends who have contributed to this page. Please keep
them coming! Visitors
who would like to offer new jokes, anecdotes or riddles, please send
them by email to:
lotusharmony@yahoo.co.uk.
However, we cannot guarantee to post all offerings, and the shorter ones
will probably be favoured at the moment.
Also, for more humorous wisdom
try this link to Swami Beyondananda:
www.wakeuplaughing.com
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