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The five second rule

By Mark A. Rayner on August 5, 2011 in Monkeys!, Skwibby fiction

zenball It was the best game of zenball ever, and the crowd was wild with excitement: the whisper of butterfly wings was deafening.

The Rotrovra Koan Kangaroos had just scored their first all-in kensho, and the Targenville Half-Lotus Lions replied with a double-satori. The Roos launched a full-out dharma walk, but they were unable to penetrate the Lions’ impressive grasp of paradox.

The Roos had to do something or the Lions would surely win. The hush of the field filled with the deadly susurration of arrows, as they invoked the five second rule.

Afterwards, only the voice of a bamboo flute.

Alltop is the sound of one aggregator laughing. Originally appeared on Name Your Tale, Feb. 2010. Image courtesy of h. koppdelany on Flickr.

The Master

By drtundra on March 22, 2010 in Monkeys!, Toulouse Le Grandfig

I still think back to those days in Japan, when I studied zazen under the guidance of Rōshi Miaki. I had been looking for something in my life, and when I stumbled upon the group of monks, quietly sitting, I knew I had found my place. Eventually, I had to acknowledge that he was not the teacher for me. His koans were too difficult to understand, and I couldn’t overcome my resentment of the way he kept throwing his feces at me. Not to mention the lice.

Alltop is into funtric yoga.Meditation in the hot spring, originally uploaded by Katsura.

Bubble Mode

By Mark A. Rayner on March 15, 2010 in Toulouse Le Grandfig

As a form of travel, giant soap bubble is suited to Buddhist monks, toddlers, and whimsical characters from children’s stories.

It is not recommended for 60-year-old podiatrists with catastrophic waxy ear buildup and the inability to stand on a skein of soap and magic.

You certainly can’t hope to use a lawn chair. And if you wear socks with sandals you probably deserve to fall to your death anyway.

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