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If You Meet the Buddha on the Road, Kill Him! Sheldon Kopp
Publisher: Bantam

€�If you meet the Buddha, kill him.” — Linji. I'm not really comfortable with the association between pop-scientists like Neil DeGrasse Tyson or Sagan with the buddha but mostly it's just a bit cheap. I just want to roll around in the pure awesome that is this post. There is a Zen saying that goes like this: If you meet the Buddha on the road, kill him. If you meet the buddha on the road, kill him Meditation and Spirituality. If You Meet Neil DeGrasse Tyson on the Road, Kill Him. Right Openness If You Meet the Open Guru on the Road, Kill Him. Trusting yourself is not only believing in yourself it is also listening to your intuition and sense impressions and acting with a sense of internal power. A famous Zen koān states, “If you meet the Buddha on the road, kill him.” In Zen, that idea means that even the great teachers can be blocks to enlightenment. Posted on June 2, 2009 by pandazen. If you meet the Buddha on the road, kill him. And then cut off his head and load it into the back of a pickup truck, apparently. This book caught my attention (as I was “on the prowl” in a book store) because of its unique name. If you meet the Buddha on the road, kill Him! Lovely =) And now I finally know (at least some of) the story behind, “If you meet the Buddha on the road, kill him.” Thank you :). €�but what happens when you meet the Buddha on the subway?