Can you recommend some readings that you particularly like in Theravada? That would be much appreciated! Sheila
--- Thomas savage <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Could it be that Mahayanists are more relaxed about > this than Theravadins? My Buddhist training is > Theravada. Zen is Mahayana so who knows? I > remember the Tibetan teacher Chogyam Trungpa was > quite a drinker, also. > > "John M. Bennett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hmmm, > some of those Zen monks would/will enjoy sake from > time to time, and then there's what they called "tea > head" obtained from drinking lots of cha. > > John > > At 01:38 PM 11/29/2005, you wrote: > I take it that you are referring to Christian, > thus Catholic, monks here. Didn't they used to make > wine in monasteries in France? It seems unlikely to > me that Buddhist monks anywhere in the world would > make either winre or fudge as this might be > encouraging intoxication, something which Buddhist > monks take a precept to abstain from. Still the > apparent reference to mindful breathing at the end > of your prose poem makes me wonder. This could be a > completely imaginative work, in which case it > doesn't matter. Nevertheless, since there are > really monks in the so-called real world, regardless > of how sheltered they may or may not live from that > world, it causes one to wonder. > > Sheila Murphy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Monks are making it to sell. I first wrote see, > then > > frist. What is the matter with t! his morning > except the > > voltage of unkindness streaming through the net. > My > > fingers on the keyboard pick up messages no one > > believes were sent. Dear, Hannah,how deeply did > you > > absorb? The body chemistry becomes pseudonymous > with > > fibers in the hundreds in the thousands gradually > > self-multiplied. My cha is gen mai. I know the > word > > for tea from JMB. When monks have finished making > > sweets they may return to cells. When monks > return to > > cells they pray. The swift rays of the sun are > > measured at a speed greater than crying. When > monks > > come together they enlist the services to form > some > > thing to sell so they can live quietly at prayer. > I am > > on the threshold of ordering five books on the > subject > > of sustaining which in the vernacular means > making > > something last beyond its essence possibly. > Speaking > > of which, a group of ad execs were brought > together to > > find something they might do with a failed heart > drug. > > So they looked at what is now! Viagra and they > asked > > what it could do. Then they invented terminology > and > > sold that terminology. Sow's ear propped up on a > > throne. Publication might mean telling everyone > what > > you will not accept. The priesthood now will now > > appear immune to love of self. Would someone > kindly > > pass the fudge? Formed with full intention, > breathing > > in and breathing out. Both individually and in > > community. > > > > Sheila E. Murphy > > > > Yahoo! Music Unlimited - Access over 1 million > songs. Try it free. > __________________________________________ > Dr. John M. Bennett > Curator, Avant Writing Collection > Rare Books & Manuscripts Library > The Ohio State University Libraries > 1858 Neil Av Mall > Columbus, OH 43210 USA > > (614) 292-3029 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > www.johnmbennett.net > ___________________________________________ > > > > > --------------------------------- > Yahoo! Music Unlimited - Access over 1 million > songs. Try it free.
