Re: [Zen] Re: FW: Quote from St. Thomas Aquinas

2010-11-14 Thread Maria Lopez
ED:   One could talk about any theme for as long the energy of practise would be there.  When the energy of the practise is there then the way of talks and chats are addressed are very different.  Yet there are words the same while communicating.  However, I have to say that the energy of myself

Re: [Zen] Re: FW: Quote from St. Thomas Aquinas

2010-11-14 Thread Lluís Mendieta
uns. This I think shows that Westerner's value time more than Asians; whereas Asians put more importance on personal relationships than time. ...Bill! From: Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com [mailto:zen_fo...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf __ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus,

Re: [Zen] Re: FW: Quote from St. Thomas Aquinas

2010-11-14 Thread Lluís Mendieta
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Re: [Zen] Re: FW: Quote from St. Thomas Aquinas

2010-11-14 Thread Lluís Mendieta
Hi, Ed Sorry for my poor english I tried to mean that the rest of europeans, excluding finnish, and for that, hungarians, lapons and seems basques, speak an indo european idiom. And probably population origin in Asia Finnish are also westerner in my mindset (yes, it s said that they come here a

[Zen] Re: FW: Quote from St. Thomas Aquinas

2010-11-14 Thread ED
Mayka: Have you recommendations as to how the Zen Forum should police (detect and weed out) 'the ego' from messages, which ego, in 99.9% of humans, comprises 99.9% or more of 'themselves'. --ED --- In Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com, Maria Lopez wrote: > > ED: > > One could talk about any theme

[Zen] Re: FW: Quote from St. Thomas Aquinas

2010-11-14 Thread ED
Genetic map of Europe http://bigthink.com/ideas/21358 "Two observations spring to mind immediately: the fact that most populations overlap so intimately with their neighbours. And that Finland doesn't. The isolation of Finnish genetics can be explained by the

Re: [Zen] Re: FW: Quote from St. Thomas Aquinas

2010-11-14 Thread Lluís Mendieta
Hi, Ed Thanks for map They forget the basques... Anyway, if hungarians and finnish speak same branch of language, and they are not related genetically a) something is missing in study b) language has nothing to do with population origin Besides, as placed in an answer, that is probably statis

[Zen] Re: FW: Quote from St. Thomas Aquinas

2010-11-14 Thread ED
Bill, If one looks at the family tree of population groups based on genetic distance (in the first chart in http://www.friesian.com/trees.htm ), one notices that: S. Chinese, Mon Khmer, Thai, Indonesian, Malayians, Filipinos are closely related, belonging to t

[Zen] Re: FW: Quote from St. Thomas Aquinas

2010-11-14 Thread ED
--- In Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com, Lluís Mendieta wrote: > > Hi, Ed > > Thanks for map > > They forget the basques... Hi Lluis, The mysteries of the Basque people and the Basque language have not been fully resolved yet. >From wiki: "Since the Basque language is unrelated to Indo-European

[Zen] Re: FW: Quote from St. Thomas Aquinas

2010-11-14 Thread ED
--- In Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com, Lluís Mendieta wrote: > > Hi, Ed > Anyway, if hungarians and finnish speak same branch of language, and they are not related genetically > > a) something is missing in study > b) language has nothing to do with population origin > With best wishes, > Lluis

Re: [Zen] Re: FW: Quote from St. Thomas Aquinas

2010-11-14 Thread Lluís Mendieta
Hi, Ed I know, I know Having myself basque blood (my family name is basque), I searched all the theories that appear and go.. Last I have heard related basque to georgian. The link with kelts I think is discarded at present. Also the relationship to georgian... Will see... With best wishes L

Re: [Zen] Re: FW: Quote from St. Thomas Aquinas

2010-11-14 Thread Lluís Mendieta
Hi, Ed Agreed. As was said, I do not rely too much in such statistics, As I said before, another genetic map related irish, bristish, basques and catalans. Just take the cut in the multidimension surface you need and you could get whatever you wish (among some limits...That could be very broad)

Re: [Zen] Re: FW: Quote from St. Thomas Aquinas

2010-11-14 Thread Maria Lopez
ED;   Sit down Shut up And you will know    Mayka   --- On Sun, 14/11/10, ED wrote: From: ED Subject: [Zen] Re: FW: Quote from St. Thomas Aquinas To: Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com Date: Sunday, 14 November, 2010, 15:23     Mayka: Have you recommendations as to how the Zen Forum sh

RE: [Zen] Re: FW: Quote from St. Thomas Aquinas

2010-11-14 Thread Anthony Wu
gt; identify the speaker's relationship with the one addressed. In English > there are many (27?) verb tenses and very few special pronouns. This I > think shows that Westerner's value time more than Asians; whereas Asians put > more importance on personal relationships tha

Re: [Zen] Re: FW: Quote from St. Thomas Aquinas

2010-11-14 Thread Anthony Wu
ED,   North Chinese is missing in the tree. They constitute majority Chinese population, which have been influenced by Central Asian Conquerers that brought in genetic and language elements. So the language tend to be multisyllables. In contrast, South Chinese are monosyllables with complicated

Re: [Zen] Re: FW: Quote from St. Thomas Aquinas

2010-11-14 Thread Anthony Wu
No wonder many Barques are independence minded. I hope not all of them.   Anthony --- On Mon, 15/11/10, ED wrote: From: ED Subject: [Zen] Re: FW: Quote from St. Thomas Aquinas To: Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com Date: Monday, 15 November, 2010, 12:50 AM   --- In Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com, Ll

Re: [Zen] Re: FW: Quote from St. Thomas Aquinas

2010-11-14 Thread Lluís Mendieta
Hi, Anthony Being not too long ago in Japan, and speaking spanish (among others), I could say that japanese is not that hard for a spanish speaker: sounds are easy to recognize. Not being tonal is also a plus for us. Tones are hard to understand for anyone that have never heard those. Other wou

Re: [Zen] Re: FW: Quote from St. Thomas Aquinas

2010-11-14 Thread Maria Lopez
Lluis and ED:   Don't know if this link can be useful to your conversation in connection with the vasque language...Anyway I paste here: http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euskera   Although link comes in Spanish there is the possibility that it could be found the same in English but I don't know for s

[Zen] Re: FW: Quote from St. Thomas Aquinas

2010-11-14 Thread ED
Mayka, And many happy returns of the same to you! ;-) --ED --- In Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com, Maria Lopez wrote: > ED; Sit down Shut up And you will knowMayka

Re: [Zen] Re: FW: Quote from St. Thomas Aquinas

2010-11-14 Thread Anthony Wu
Lluis,   Conversational Japanese is not that hard, but the written language will require life effort. Standard Tibetan is not tonal, but some of their dialects are. They are interesting, but not much use.   Anthony --- On Mon, 15/11/10, Lluís Mendieta wrote: From: Lluís Mendieta Subject: Re:

Re: [Zen] Re: FW: Quote from SOt. Thomas Aquinas

2010-11-14 Thread Anthony Wu
Of course, sit down and shup up are the happiest moment.   Anthony --- On Mon, 15/11/10, ED wrote: From: ED Subject: [Zen] Re: FW: Quote from St. Thomas Aquinas To: Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com Date: Monday, 15 November, 2010, 7:20 AM   Mayka, And many happy returns of the same to you!  ;

RE: [Zen] Re: FW: Quote from St. Thomas Aquinas

2010-11-14 Thread BillSmart
estion to choose the adequate variables. > A two variables plot, is just a cut of a multi-dimension representation, that could show a very distorted image of reality. > Would be like to see world through a small hole. > > With best wishes > > Lluís __ Information from E

RE: [Zen] Re: FW: Quote from St. Thomas Aquinas

2010-11-14 Thread BillSmart
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RE: [Zen] Re: FW: Quote from SOt. Thomas Aquinas

2010-11-14 Thread BillSmart
you! ;-) --ED --- In Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com, Maria Lopez wrote: > ED; Sit down Shut up And you will know Mayka __ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 5619 (20101114) __ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. h

!QRE: [Zen] Re: FW: Quote from St. Thomas Aquinas

2010-11-14 Thread BillSmart
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Re: [Zen] Re: FW: Amazon book

2010-11-14 Thread Kristy McClain
Anthony,   Not to interrupt the dialogue here, but I happened to see this when searching a medical topic.  *!*??($...@^    Have you read this?  I'm assuming no one here is buying from Amazon...   Have a good week:)  k     Sex, Sin, and Zen: A Buddhist Exploration of Sex from Celibacy to Polya

RE: [Zen] Re: FW: Amazon book

2010-11-14 Thread BillSmart
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Re: [Zen] Re: FW: Quote from SOt. Thomas Aquinas

2010-11-14 Thread mike brown
rns of the same to you! ;-) --ED --- In Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com, Maria Lopez wrote: > ED; Sit down Shut up And you will know Mayka __ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 5619 (20101114) __ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Ant

RE: [Zen] Re: FW: Amazon book

2010-11-14 Thread Kristy McClain
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Re: [Zen] Re: FW: Amazon book

2010-11-14 Thread ChrisAustinLane
I have read this. I have read all of his books. He has a certain punk style of writing that will put off some, but this book is basically a straightforward discussion of various apparent dilemmas of sexuality for modern Western Buddhists. Brad Warner is from a Soto Zen lineage, and pretty heav

RE: [Zen] Re: FW: Amazon book

2010-11-14 Thread BillSmart
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Re: [Zen] Re: FW: Amazon book

2010-11-14 Thread ChrisAustinLane
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