[Zen] Re: Are Retarded Kids Sentient Beings

2008-02-22 Thread Charlie
mike brown wrote: Couldn`t you just get the kids to sew cushions for the local temple? That way the practioners get a comfortable session, you get a pat on the head from your roshi and the kids wipeout years of their negative karma. Those poor kids do not have any negative karma, as I do

Re: [Zen] Re: Are Retarded Kids Sentient Beings

2008-02-22 Thread Jue Miao Jing Ming - 覺妙精明
Karma is taught in our school as an unregulated Chi, or disturbed Chi, or Chi blockage. There are karma of present generation and of previous lives (energy never die). All discomfort, not resulted from injury, are cause by karmic blockage. This is the basis of acupuncture. Retardation is a