Buddha quote Please help. "If you are hot then throw yourself in the Furnace" where can I find info on this?

Answer 1

Do you have a source? I can't find anything resembling this idea in any online Buddhist document.

The closest is this, from an article on Ch'an (Zen) Buddhism, but it's not very close at all:

"If we really want to return to the purity of our original source and discover our true identity, we must break all attachments to body and mind, and see through everything. We must undergo a period of smelting in the blazing furnace before the pure elements can be separated from the dross. Wisdom will appear once our thinking and our breathing are both purified."

Of course, any reference to fire reminds me of Buddha's famous Fire Sermon. In that, he used fire in a sense opposite to your quote. It's a metaphor for the suffering that our senses and minds impose on us.

Answer 2

A Chef Is Not Everything,
But Without A Chef All Is
Nothing


We Refuse To Compromise
And We Will Never Be Contend With
What We Have Accomplished


Wisdom You Get From Experience And
Experience You Get From Stupidity


There Are More People Who Capitulate
Than Such Who Fail


If You Look Close Enough
You will find that
Work Is Less Boring
Than Amusements

Answer 3

"Steve D" has it. I also looked in books, and:

There are dozens of stories that include Lord Buddha
and also have references to a "furnace", who knows if I looked at such as fire and ovens.

However; if it was something he said it would be located.

Yahoo's India answers may be a good place to search.

Answer 4

In any document containing infos about Buddha, search for the Fire Sermon. it mite include things about your quote
try wikipedia
http://www.wikipedia.org