[Buddha-l] Seduction of a holy man

[jkirk]

Is folklore ever True? or just true?
Joanna
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> Dan et al.,
> 
> I was a bit surprised to read Dan quoting that Reps story (which I 
> presume originally comes from his co-author, Nyogen Senzaki Roshi) 
> without comment. In fact, Dan writes that this is a "well known story 
> about Hakuin."
> 
> Dan, I presume you mean "well known story about" in the sense of 
> "something lots of folks tell about," not in the sense of "something we 
> know about." I don't recall it from Hakuin's own writings and it's just 
> the kind of great story Zen likes to tell about itself; perhaps too 
> good to be true, right? Or do you have reason to suspect its veracity?
> 
> Curious,
> 
> Franz
> 
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