Monk Philosophy

[LostSoul]

Here's another one:

"I will be."

 

[FireLance]

"Law is in the heart. In a place without Law, it is carried within me."

 

[Tonguez]

For another non-oriental Monk what about the Hashashin of Iran. An order of Aesthetics who become fanaticall killers!

Derived from the Arabic for hashish, the Hashashin were originally an order established by the Old Man of the Mountain, Hassan Sabah, a Nizari Ismaili, who chose the fortress of Alamut in 1090 as his base for a revolt against the Turkic Seljuq rulers of Persia.

By some accounts, his self-sacrificing devotees carried out suicide missions against prominent fig-res in mosques and other public places - the first being the powerful vizier Nizam Al-Mulk - while under the influence of hashish

Marco Polo says this about them

"The Old Man of the mountain dwelled in a most noble valley shut in between two very high mountains where he had made the largest garden and the most beautiful that was ever seen in this world. There were set to dwell ladies and damsels the most beautiful. Their duty was to furnish the young men who were put there with all delights and pleasures. And into this garden entered no man except only those base men of evil life whom he wished to make satellites and Hashashins." Marco Polo: Travels in Asia.

 

[Zhure]

"How can you stay true to the law, in a place without laws?"

"A muted candle, shuttered against the outside shines brightly inside. "

 

[ichabod]

"The law is not an external thing. The law is in our hearts. Where ever we go, the law is there. If we remain true to ourselves, then we are true to the law."

 

[Savage Wombat]

Does the sun cease to shine, even though it has passed over the horizon? Truly, I will hold to the law, and trust it will shine again come the morrow.

 

[Mark Chance]

AAAGH!

Does the sun cease to shine, even though it has passed over the horizon? Truly, I will hold to the law, and trust it will shine again come the morrow.

It's Annie the Monk!

"Do not worry, Daddy Warbucks, the sun will come out tomorrow! Hi-yah!"

 

[Greybar]

Zen koan, Socratic questioning
Western, Eastern
let these words not cloud your mind
nor your worlds of fantasy

 

[mistergone]

"I will bring the law... WITH MY FISTS!" >strikes overly complex kata with fist extended<



And this is why I am never allowed to play monks... BUT I SHOULD BE!

 

[MavrickWeirdo]

Thank you for your feedback everyone; for those who have already answered, what alignment do you think your answer would be?