Hakuin used to tell his pupils about an old woman who had a teashop...

[LoZoccolo]

...praising her understanding of Zen. The pupils refused to believe what he told them and would go to the teashop to find out for themselves.

Whenever the woman saw them coming she could tell at once whether they had come for tea or to look into her grasp of Zen. In the former case, she would server them graciously. In the latter, she would beckon to the pupils to come behind her screen. The instant they obeyed, she would strike them with a fire-poker.

Nine out of ten of them could not escape her beating.

[A-Schwarzenegger]

1. I know a thinly veiled Kucinich bashing thread when I see one.

And this is definitely not it.

[The Magistrate]

2. And People Wonder, Sir

Why wandering Bhuddist monks were considered something of a police problem in old China....

[Webster Green]

3. Heavy

[Forkboy]

5. LOL

:thumbsup:

[orleans]

4. and this story is related to what exactly?

nice story but i don't get a connection with .. anything.

[MonkeyFunk]

6. I interpret it to mean

that those who come here for the right reason - to support Dems and defeat Republicans, will be graciously served. Those who come for the self-serving reason of bashing Dems deserve to get whacked with a poker.

But that's just my intrepetation.

[radfringe]

7. drinking the tea instead of kool-aid?