I understand perfectly there is no sense of "my" home or "my" car..... and the "no self's" who are in charge of the Buddhist monastery probably don't feel it belongs to them either, yet it is taken care of
no matter how detached from the world, as long as there's a body in the world, it needs tending to unless you don't want it anymore? On Jul 23, 10:25 pm, Kuber Technologies <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 2:46 AM, godszen <[email protected]> wrote: > > Kuber Technologies wrote: > > > The biggest Buddhist monastery in the world is in Rangoon.........in the > > > midst of the busiest bazaar. > > > is every door unlocked, completely open 24 hours a day > > for every homeless derelict thief to come in and plunder, > > or make his home? > > Yes, the door of the unconditional heart. > > Godzen, it is not that one goes out of the way to invite getting conned, > waylaid, robbed, cheated etc. > > One does what is needed in and as the moment. > > And if an action happens as a consequence....... > > ..... which could be categorized as "con", "waylaid", "robbed" etc etc etc.. > > ....there is no sense of a loss. > > For while definitely existing in the midst of things, sentient or otherwise > and relating with them....... > > ...... there was no sense of a possession, to start with. > > For the one who has no sense of possession.............how can that one be > ever plundered.
