Zen Judaism: For You a Little Enlightenment explained

Zen Judaism: For You a Little Enlightenment (Harmony Books, 2002) is a humor book by David M. Bader, the author of Haikus for Jews: For You a Little Wisdom (1999) and Haiku U.: From Aristotle to Zola, Great Books in 17 Syllables (Gotham Books, 2004).

Widely circulated in e-mails and quoted on web pages, often without attribution,^{[1] [2]} this collection of Jewish Zen combines Eastern wisdom and advice with Jewish kvetching.

The following are examples:

• The Journey of a thousand miles begins with a single "Oy."
• There is no escaping karma. In a previous life, you never called, you never wrote, you never visited. And whose fault was that?
• To know the Buddha is the highest attainment. Second highest is to go to the same doctor as the Buddha.

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Notes and References

1. "For years, his [David M. Bader's] work has been all over the Internet without attribution." Book: Novak . William . Waldoks . Moshe . 2006 . The Big Book of Jewish Humor: 25th Anniversary . HarperCollins . xvii . 978-0-06-113813-3 .
2. [William Novak]
3. From Zen Judaism: For You a Little Enlightenment (Harmony Books, 2002) David M. Bader