red for making their realisations our own? 
  There are some intriguing parallels.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT FACE="verdana,arial,helvetica,courier,geneva">Zen is the direct realisation 
  of the oneness of all things. In a word, it is to forget the ego-self which 
  is the source of all such distinctions as right and wrong, likes and dislikes, 
  you and me, life and death. There is a well known Zen story of a monk named 
  Joshu who asked his master, "What is the Way?" He wanted to know the means by 
  wh