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A Comedy Moment 开心一刻<br />

Have you heard about <strong>the</strong> dyslexic yogi who goes<br />

around chanting "MO"?<br />

Why did <strong>the</strong> Buddhist coroner get fired?<br />

Answer: because he would always record <strong>the</strong> cause <strong>of</strong><br />

death <strong>as</strong> 're-birth'.<br />

Why can't Buddhists vacuum <strong>the</strong>ir meditation cushions?<br />

Answer: Because <strong>the</strong>y don't have any attachments.<br />

People used to explore <strong>the</strong> dimensions <strong>of</strong> reality by taking LSD to make <strong>the</strong> world<br />

look weird. Now <strong>the</strong> world is weird and <strong>the</strong>y take Prozac to make it look normal.<br />

Right now I'm having amnesia and déjà vu at <strong>the</strong> same time… I think I've forgotten<br />

this before.<br />

"Blessed is he who finds happiness in his own foolishness.<br />

For he will always be happy."<br />

Time is <strong>the</strong> best teacher, although it kills <strong>the</strong> students.<br />

The enlightened ones have no boundaries, but respect those <strong>of</strong> o<strong>the</strong>rs.<br />

I feel like I'm diagonally parked in a parallel universe.<br />

Your personality is an <strong>of</strong>ten insurmountable speed-bump on <strong>the</strong> path to Nirvana.<br />

Nothing is fool-pro<strong>of</strong> to a sufficiently talented fool.<br />

A day without sunshine is like, you know,<br />

night.<br />

When someone points at <strong>the</strong> moon, don't<br />

worship <strong>the</strong> finger!<br />

Having trouble sleeping?<br />

Try counting your blessings.<br />

If you want to ruin <strong>the</strong> truth, stretch it.<br />

When <strong>as</strong>ked what he wanted for his birthday,<br />

<strong>the</strong> Yogi replied, "I wish no gifts, only presence.”<br />

<strong>December</strong>, 2011 <strong>Yang</strong>-<strong>Sheng</strong> (Nurturing Life) 37

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