ED, You say: if babies had no egos, the only babies who survived for more than a few days would be 'buddhas' - and the population of human buddhas on this earth would be nil. --ED Is there any logic in saying that? For someone of low intelligence, if the said babies survive, the population of worldly buddhas will expand dramatically. Anthony
--- On Thu, 25/11/10, ED <[email protected]> wrote: From: ED <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Zen] New Member To: [email protected] Date: Thursday, 25 November, 2010, 9:33 AM Lana, The way in which babies normally and naturally behave is to be obsessed with 'I/me/mine' (it's ego), with no regard whatsoever for the needs of its mother or anyone else - and without which attitude it would not survive. In short, if babies had no egos, the only babies who survived for more than a few days would be 'buddhas' - and the population of human buddhas on this earth would be nil. --ED --- In [email protected], "Lana M. Gibbons" <lana.m.gibb...@...> wrote: > > No, Thank You. I already have much of the infant's mentality, the lack of > duality, the awareness, the "no-mind" - to discard all of what I have > "learned" so far would be to discard my true self. > > The typical five year old has many concepts and ideas, they are possessive, > materialistic, extreme in their sense of duality, some even expect others to > serve them - that is nothing I strive towards being. > > If all children naturally developed as Buddhas, there would be no need for > Buddhism to exist. > > -Lana
