Re: [Zen] Re: What is Enlighetnment?

2013-03-23 Thread Merle Lester
 i saw it mike.. what's that got to do with the old bullfrog in the garden pond?..merle   Mike, Lost on me. Missed the movie!; heard about it. Never caught up with it. Like so many things. Nope; talkin' about real cowboys, only kind I know. Yippee-aye-oh, kay-ay; and a

Re: [Zen] Re: What is Enlighetnment? a cold salty pool

2013-03-22 Thread Merle Lester
 suresh... lovely..bill! is more sane.. remember life is absurd...!! merle   Dear all In this forum, I feel only Bill is more sane and write decently and clearly. or in others words he appealed to my mind more easily. The eightfold path of Budhha is simply be vigilant or alert in all your

Re: [Zen] Re: What is Enlighetnment? a cold salty pool

2013-03-22 Thread Merle Lester
 bill! and joe... the first human to know zen... we will never know.. is it not part and parcel of being human to realise?.  the garden of eden is a tale... a mythology to explain sin i have embraced your last few posts with gusto bill!  you are beginning to talk sense...  thank you for

Re: [Zen] Re: What is Enlighetnment? a cold salty pool

2013-03-22 Thread Merle Lester
 joe..now you are making sense joe!..merle   Merle, Taking a couple points in turn; quoting: i have embraced your last few posts with gusto bill! This too shall pass! ;-) you are beginning to talk sense... This too shall pass! ;-) --Joe PS Merle: you CAN know that first human to know

RE: [Zen] Re: What is Enlighetnment?

2013-03-22 Thread uerusuboyo
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Re: [Zen] Re: What is Enlighetnment? a cold salty pool

2013-03-21 Thread Merle Lester
 hey joe... if you don't mind me butting in...  who was the very first person to embrace zen?...  or let's put it this way..the originator?.. surely it's not something startlingly new?... surely even in the cave era..( early man)  there would have been a few zen folk amongst the midst..

Re: [Zen] Re: What is Enlighetnment? a cold salty pool

2013-03-21 Thread Merle Lester
 joe i beg to differ..in some circles there were no chiefs..but  gathering of elders..women and men...merle   Merle, It's ancient. Every old community in cave-man/cave-woman _homo-sapiens_ time (NOT Neanderthal!) had Chiefs. The Chiefs passed down the wisdom and experience of the

Re: [Zen] Re: What is Enlighetnment? a cold salty pool

2013-03-21 Thread Merle Lester
 chiefs..this can go to the extreme as in the case of hitler...not all is as it seems..merle   Merle, Yep, those elders are the guys/gals I be talkin' 'bout. Chiefs only because one or more of them would stand out, in kindness, approachability, and practical importance. I don't think you