If a drunk falls from a carriage

[randy_byers]

If a drunk falls from a carriage, even if it is going very fast, he will not die. His bones and joints are the same as those of other people, but the injuries he receives are different. It's because his spirit is whole. He was not aware of getting into the carriage, nor was he aware of falling out of it. Life and death, alarm and fear do not enter his breast. Therefore, he confronts things without apprehension. If someone who has gotten his wholeness from wine is like this, how much more so would one be who gets his wholeness from heaven! The sage hides within his heavenly qualities, thus nothing can harm him....

--Chuang Tzu (trans. Victor H. Mair)

Hm. Just mistyped that as Chunga Tzu ...

Comments

[holyoutlaw.livejournal.com]

Chunga Tzu, I love it!

[randy-byers.livejournal.com]

Chunga Tzu (trans. Ramdu)

[bibliofile.livejournal.com]

Do I sense the appearance of a new column/feature, then? You could take it to a few different places.

[randy-byers.livejournal.com]

I was thinking more of a one-off joke, but we shall see. To really screw it around, I suppose it should be Chunga Zut!

[bibliofile.livejournal.com]

Responses from Chunga Din?

[randy-byers.livejournal.com]

Ha! You're a better pun than I ...