Re: SV: RE: [Zen] Re: D.L.

2008-02-15 Thread mike brown
: Bill Smart [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, 15 February, 2008 8:06:48 PM Subject: RE: SV: RE: [Zen] Re: D.L. Mike, I’m glad you survived the journey to China. I hope you weren’t adversely affected by all the snow that parts of China has been reporting. I’m

Re: SV: RE: [Zen] Re: D.L.

2008-02-11 Thread pandabananasock
Remember that little ditty about the monk who picks the scorpion out of the water to save it, because that's the monk's nature, and how the scorpion stings the monk, because that's the scorpion's nature, and how the scorpion falls back in the water and the monk still picks it out of the water to

SV: RE: [Zen] Re: D.L.

2008-02-10 Thread craig omanion
The Dalai Lama came to Atlanta recently and was well recieved I wouldn't want to be a martyr either... could it be that he gets more done by not becoming a martyr? If he can just get westerners to show more compassion/respect for human life that would be good. Tibet is under the

SV: RE: [Zen] Re: D.L.

2008-02-10 Thread Bill Smart
, 10 February, 2008 7:23:58 PM Subject: SV: RE: [Zen] Re: D.L. Mike, Saying 'everything we do or don't do is political' is true only for those who see everything from a political perspective. It's the same as saying 'everything we do or don't do is zen' - and that's said a lot

Re: [Zen] Re: D.L.

2008-02-08 Thread Jody W. Ianuzzi
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Re: [Zen] Re: D.L.

2008-02-08 Thread Jue Miao Jing Ming - 覺妙精明
Jody, Don't thank me.  I am not taking sides.  :-) None of us knows the whole truth.  We all are just guessing.  Perhaps that's the fun of it, ignorance. JM Jody W. Ianuzzi wrote: Hello Jue Miao Jing Ming - 覺妙精明 Thank you. JODY "WE MUST BE THE CHANGE WE WISH TO SEE IN

RE: [Zen] Re: D.L.

2008-02-08 Thread Bill Smart
Jue Miao Jing Ming, Thanks for the history lesson. I was aware of all of those things except the part about Mongolia. I thought it still was a part of China. In any event the state of being part of China or not part of China is, like all things, transitory. Some years high hemlines are

Re: [Zen] Re: D.L.

2008-02-08 Thread Jue Miao Jing Ming - 覺妙精明
Hi Bill, How is Thailand?  Snowing like GuangTong? You have raised two points. There are valid ones. 1. Based on my limited understanding, Chan is resulted from extracting the essence of Buddhism and Taoism.  But I am not sure how important it is to define or differentiate or

RE: [Zen] Re: D.L.

2008-02-08 Thread Bill Smart
To: Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [Zen] Re: D.L. Hi Bill, How is Thailand? Snowing like GuangTong? You have raised two points. There are valid ones. 1. Based on my limited understanding, Chan is resulted from extracting the essence of Buddhism and Taoism. But I am not sure how

Re: [Zen] Re: D.L.

2008-02-08 Thread Jue Miao Jing Ming - 覺妙精明
tigers. And that includes me. ...Bill! From: Jue Miao Jing Ming - 覺妙精明 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]com] Sent: Saturday, February 09, 2008 9:18 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]ps.com Subject: Re: [Zen] Re: D.L. Hi Bill, How is Thailand? Snowing like GuangTong? You have raised two points. There a