The Zen/Joke Game

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MarkGroverPowers

The only medicine for suffering, crime, and all the other woes of mankind, is wisdom.

MarkGroverPowers

All men dream but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake in the day to find that it was vanity; but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dream with open eyes to make it possible.

MarkGroverPowers

So often times it happens that we live our lives in chains 
And we never even know we have the key.

MarkGroverPowers

Far away in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead.

bobarello556

If money does not grow on trees then why do banks have branches?

unexceptional

Time flies like an arrow, but fruit flies like a banana.

MarkGroverPowers

The greatest achievement is selflessness. 

MarkGroverPowers

In criticizing, the teacher is hoping to teach. That's all.

MarkGroverPowers

Mindfulness is the aware, balanced acceptance of the present experience. 
It isn't more complicated that that. 
It is opening to or recieving the present moment, pleasant or unpleasant, just as it is, 
without either clinging to it or rejecting it. 

MarkGroverPowers

The true meaning of the precepts is not just that one should refrain from drinking alcohol, 
but also from getting drunk on nirvana.

Jeffmon
MarkGroverPowers wrote:

After every sentence, say 'mon' in a really bad Jamaican accent. As in, "the report's on your desk, mon". Keep this up for one hour.


Put me down for 5 points Tongue out

There's a blonde and a brunette. The brunette says "Guess what, I was with a Brazilian last night!" The blonde says "Really? Wow! How many is a Brazilian?"

Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you criticize them, you're a mile away and you have their shoes.

"Confucius say: He who laugh last not get joke" -Chris Farley

The Great Way is not difficult for those who have no preferences. (A good mental approach to chess huh?)