Vince,
I am referring to your next lives. If you don't believe that stuff, you can
just enjoy your present life. Karma only makes sense when there are more than
one life. That is why it is more enjoyable to follow Sakyamuni than Mahavira's
Jainism. In the former case, when you step on an insec
Thanks, but I really don't anticipate any misfortune. Even in the inclimate
conditions of winter, we generally experience very few power outages and even
when we DO get them, they are for a very short period of time, hardly long
enough to allow my stuff to thaw.
Or were you referring to somethin
Karin,
Consciousness does not require not self consciousness. Otherwise Zen
masters who have realized that the self is an illusion and a
cognitive construct and given up the notion of self would not be
conscious. Insects have already figured that out.
Edgar
On Dec 21, 2008, at 10:25 P
Bill,
BTW speaking of transliterations, Joju is always rendered as Joshu in
all my old books on Zen.
Edgar
On Dec 21, 2008, at 8:03 PM, wrote:
Edgar,
I half agree with you and half disagree with you. That statement is a
tautology.
I agree that Joju certainly did directly address the q
In my next life as an ant, I will organize a struggle against the oppressing
ant class, to set up a proletarian dictatorship, so that both the princess and
the worker will be saved.
Anthony
--- On Mon, 22/12/08, mike brown wrote:
From: mike brown
Subject: Re: [Zen] Nature?
To: Zen_Forum@yah
Bill,
There are three consonents: g, k, and k'.
Similarly, there are d, t, and t'.
I don't remember the example Thai words for the first set, but the second set
are dek (child), tau (turtle) and t'ahan (soldier). So the Thai are lucky
enough to have all three different sounds. The English speak
I wish you good luck.
Anthony
--- On Mon, 22/12/08, Vince wrote:
From: Vince
Subject: Re: [Zen] Ducks Have Buddha Nature?
To: Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com
Date: Monday, 22 December, 2008, 3:34 AM
I see the reasoning behind your argument, however, it seems to me that by
buying meat from
Karin,
You do realize, don't you, that the discarding of self-awareness is what zen
is all about?
From: Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com [mailto:zen_fo...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf
Of Karin Machado
Sent: Monday, December 22, 2008 10:26 AM
To: Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [Zen] Nature?
Edgar
> I agree that Joju certainly did directly address the
question.>
Mojo Jojo? He used to be on the Powerpuff Girls! Really a great
character. He knew how to turn a phrase!
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