[Zen] Re: "72 labors"

2006-05-14 Thread dkotschessa
--- In Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com, "kahty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > "Regardless of who sees it, there really is a cloud in this sheet of paper, > as well as a bark beetle, a handful of soil, a bit of bird poop, even the > gasoline that powered the logger's chain saw. It is even possible tha

[Zen] Re: "72 labors"

2006-05-13 Thread kahty
"Regardless of who sees it, there really is a cloud in this sheet of paper, as well as a bark beetle, a handful of soil, a bit of bird poop, even the gasoline that powered the logger's chain saw. It is even possible that if you were to chronicle the history of those carbon atoms currently part of t

[Zen] Re: "72 labors"

2006-05-09 Thread dkotschessa
--- In Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com, "Susan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > How do you know it was just people? Maybe insects and other beings > helped to produce the food too : ) > > Susan Oh right...And their parents too! Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---

[Zen] Re: "72 labors"

2006-05-09 Thread Susan
How do you know it was just people? Maybe insects and other beings helped to produce the food too : ) Susan --- In Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com, "dkotschessa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > When I first recited the "72 labors" gatha off the little peice of > paper they handed me at Zen Mountain Mo

[Zen] Re: "72 labors"

2006-05-09 Thread dkotschessa
--- In Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com, "Susan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > In our lineage, we begin with, "This meal is the labour of countless > beings, let us remember their toil". Kind of like the four vows we > chant in our lineage, "All beings, without number, I vow to liberate", > I guess

[Zen] Re: "72 labors"

2006-05-08 Thread Susan
In our lineage, we begin with, "This meal is the labour of countless beings, let us remember their toil". Kind of like the four vows we chant in our lineage, "All beings, without number, I vow to liberate", I guess we just don't want to leave anybody out. Susan --- In Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com