How about doing good, and then moving onto other matters without dwelling on
thoughts of having done such and such acts of goodness, whatever it is/was? I
personally would even go so far as to forget about entirely all that ensuing
'feel good' moment, after having committed whatever act(s) of
Hello
- A young man of Theravada tendencies once spoke to me of being a monk-scholar.
The Buddhist path to him, meant lots of scriptural(scriptural??) study, and all
other studies associated with being a temple monk
- I mentioned before of a young Thai boy who recommended that I get my Buddha
Mel,
That sounds a lot like what a great bodhisattva is reported to have taught:
Matthew 6:2 So when you give to the needy, do not announce it with trumpets,
as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be honored by
men. I tell you the truth, they have received their reward
Good morning, JMJM,
You said: she has learned to give, to give, to give, to serve, to serve
and serve. She just fulfilled each moment
as always and more each day.
Was Viki ever-so-slightly resentful of this situation, or did Viki
rejoice in the opportunity afforded her by cultural mores and
Hi Ed,
Valid question. No different from you and I, Viki did not begin to serve
and serve and give and give without feeling a sense of unfairness.
As she practices to learn about life, she gradually shed of her unfair
opinion of conditions in life. It is usually triggered by witnesses
from
'Amen!' requires an end. Is there ever an *end* to the shenanigans in
the typical human male-female relationship? ;-)
--ED
--- In zen_fo...@yahoogroup mailto:zen_fo...@yahoogroup s.com,
Bill! billsm...@... wrote:
Do I hear an 'Amen!'?
...Bill!
Good morning All,
Viki has been
'Liberation' is not being attached to the benefit of one group to the
detriment of another.
But, as judged by whom?
--ED
--- In Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com, Chris Austin-Lane ch...@... wrote:
I do agree that liberation in our society cannot be separated from
feminism. The very first
Or, take your pick: 'Imagine' or 'Just THIS.'
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Imagine
Imagine there's no Heaven
It's easy if you try
No hell below us
Above us only sky
Imagine all the people
Living for today
Imagine there's no countries
It isn't hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion too
Imagine all the
I often joke that in our world men have to turn to zazen and samu to obtain
the benefit women traditionally and often obtain from waking early to tend
to children and sweeping the floor.
That life is not about one isolated individual is much more obvious when you
perform traditional women's work.
Indeed. The world is one. It is we, who wouldn't, couldn't,
shouldn't.:'(
Be Enlightened In This Life - We ALL Can
http://chanjmjm.blogspot.com
http://www.heartchan.org
On 12/22/2010 10:45 AM, Chris Austin-Lane wrote:
The world is already one. With countries and peopleb that do not
JMJM, one what? --ED
--- In Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com, Jue Miao Jing Ming wrote:
Indeed. The world is one.
Hi Ed,
Chan in Chinese is 禪。 The Japanese pronounce the same character zen.
In Chinese, the left half of the character means spirit as well as
body. The right half of the character means Singular.
Chan means the universe as a whole, including the visible and the
invisible, the static and
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