{"id":19389,"date":"2012-05-25T23:02:01","date_gmt":"2012-05-26T03:02:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/?p=19389"},"modified":"2012-05-25T23:06:10","modified_gmt":"2012-05-26T03:06:10","slug":"my-supernatural-powers-in-daily-activities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/my-supernatural-powers-in-daily-activities\/","title":{"rendered":"My supernatural powers in daily activities"},"content":{"rendered":"

My daily activities are not unusual\u2014
\nI am just naturally in harmony with them,
\nGrasping nothing, discarding nothing,
\nAnd everyplace there\u2019s no hindrance, no conflict.
\nMy supernatural power and marvelous activity
\nIs drawing water and carrying firewood.\u201d
\nLayman Pang<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cSometimes ordinary folks get the idea that the meaning of Chan<\/a> is so profound that only men and women who\u2019ve been ordained in the Dharma<\/a> can possibly fathom it. But that\u2019s just not so. Actually, we priests often feel that we\u2019re in way over our heads. And every now and then, while we splash about, trying to look good treading water in our nice uniforms, along comes a civilian who zips by us, swimming like an Olympic champion. Such a civilian was Layman Pang. He would have won Chan\u2019s gold medal. He\u2019s been a hero not only to centuries worth of other laymen, but also, I confess, to every priest who\u2019s ever studied his winning style.\u201d Empty Cloud<\/a><\/p>\n

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