--- In [email protected], "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In [email protected], "L B Shriver" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "L B Shriver" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > It was common knowledge among students that manadatory attendance > at the Dome > > > diminished enthusiasm for attendance. Your argument that a good > kick in the backside > > > somehow will increase the positivity in students' attitudes > towards group program no > > > doubt reflects the thinking of the administration as well. Is it > any wonder the University > > is > > > having such a hard time attracting—and keeping—students? > > > > > > L B S > > > > PS > > > > MORE IMPORTANT > > > > Diverting the attention from the sutra in any way interferes with > the practice, as I have > > understood it. Does anyone seriously believe that there is > something better than "simple, > > natural, innocent" in this regard? > > > > > I think obsessing about optimal conditions for sutra practice would > be at least as detrimental as requiring someone to be present.
******** The beauty of this teaching, as I understood it when I became a teacher, was that it was not necessary for anyone to obsess about what constitutes optimal conditions for practice. Those things had been worked out, and the best way to mess it up would be to add something. Like, perhaps, a kick in the backside. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
