Zen-Like Pu

 Pu also went on an extended rift describing The Four Noble Truths.  He had nothing at all to say about the The Four Tops or The Four Seasons or touching all four bases.  The Four Truths, paraphrased are:

1. You are going to suffer.  Suffering can be defined as "that which is difficult to bear."
2. Suffering is caused by YOU when you try to avoid something you think is unpleasant or try to cling to something you find pleasurable.
3. You can end suffering.
4. There is a path to ending that suffering, and good luck dealing with that motherfucker.

That was not a very Zen-like, Buddhist-ey word, and for that I apologize although not sincerely and with a tone that suggests heavy sarcasm even though I'm writing and not speaking.  The point is that you normally can't pick up tone with the written word.  

Anyway, the path has components and you're not going to want to hear this shit, either.
1. Right view, or understanding of the nature of things which is it's enough already with the trying to get a whole lot of good stuff and with the trying to completely, totally avoid the bad stuff. It's just stuff.
2. Right thought.
3. Right speech.
4. Right action.
5. Right effort, or trying to do what is right to the best of our ability.
6. Right livelihood, or trying to be a good member of society.
7. Right mindfulness.
8. Right concentration, or being where you is at.

Again, The Fellowship in slightly different words, right?  Try to think, act, and speak well; accept things for what they are; be kind to others; live in the minute.