Re: [Zen] D.L. Again

2008-02-16 Thread Al
Cynth Seriously, though, I was trying to give him the brush-off and he would not stop bugging me. I did not want to play the I'm a mom card, but that was about all I was left to do. Where's the punch-line? Is that when you post your photo? Current Book Discussion: any Zen book that you

Re: [Zen] D.L. Again

2008-02-16 Thread Cynth
Aw, shush. I'm sick of you bugging me. Cynth Al wrote: Cynth Seriously, though, I was trying to give him the brush-off and he would not stop bugging me. I did not want to play the I'm a mom card, but that was about all I was left to do. Where's the punch-line? Is that when

Re: [Zen] D.L. Again

2008-02-16 Thread Jue Miao Jing Ming
It is a Tibetan Buddhism tradition, after the Dalai Lama passes away, his people will look for a new born reincarnated with his spirit to continue that leadership. I am sure, if you google/wikipedia it, you will find it. JM On Feb 15, 2008 5:59 PM, Bill Smart [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: MJMJ,

Re: [Zen] Call For: Roshis, Monks, Teachers

2008-02-16 Thread Jue Miao Jing Ming
Hi Al, This call of yours, is a calling in the conscious domain or knowledge Buddhism. With this calling, you will receive response from those who value certificates, schools, titles, etc. True teachers exist only if our hearts resonate with they existences. Everything else is irrelevant.

[Zen] Call For: Roshis, Monks, Teachers

2008-02-16 Thread Al
In the land of the blind, the one-eyed is king. Here at zen forum, it is the blind leading the blind. One of the thoughts that I had back when this forum began was that it would be cool for a visiting zen master to join up and participate. Unfortunately, we have gotten a few of those, like Roshi

Re: [Zen] D.L. Again

2008-02-16 Thread Al
From: Jue Miao Jing Ming It is a Tibetan Buddhism tradition, after the Dalai Lama passes away, his people will look for a new born reincarnated with his spirit to continue that leadership. I am sure, if you google/wikipedia it, you will find it. It is all explained in the Eddie Murphy movie, The

RE: [Zen] Call For: Roshis, Monks, Teachers

2008-02-16 Thread BillSmart
Al, From a lawyer perspective, it’s like pro se. Or in the words of a famous Latin American public servant: ‘We don’t need no stinking badges!” …Bill! From: Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jue Miao Jing Ming - Sent: Sunday, February 17, 2008 8:38 AM

Re: [Zen] Call For: Roshis, Monks, Teachers

2008-02-16 Thread Al
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]From a lawyer perspective, itâ?Ts like pro se. â?~We donâ?Tt need no stinking badges!â?â?¦Bill! Why are your messages in cyrrillic script? Have you joined some cult? Current Book Discussion: any Zen book that you recently have read or are reading! Talk about it today!

RE: [Zen] Call For: Roshis, Monks, Teachers

2008-02-16 Thread BillSmart
Al, I've noticed that too. I think it's because I usually post via email using HTML format. For some reason the apostrophes, carriage returns and dots are are translated into gobbledy-gook (aka Cyrillic). This ought to be better. I wrote it in plain text format. In case you couldn't decipher