Hi, Ed, Anthony To help the others you should be able. Without the oxygen mask, you could not help.
Extrem: only an oxygen mask. Well, probably I will renounce to it on behalf of anyone that is in my heart ( (yes, attachement. But compassion is also attachement, as I understand) Any listizen have read Alfred Van Vogt books on Non-A worlds? He said a thing that I find relevant: the word is not the thing, although many (myslef included) think in terms of words, not things. You should trascend words. I equal it to trascend duality. Disclaimer: alfred got blind because he tried to cure his miopy looking at sun, as per a "something" that erases all dismissing mentions to it in internet prayed. With best wishes Lluís ----- Original Message ----- From: Anthony Wu To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, November 25, 2010 10:16 PM Subject: Re: [Zen] Re: FW: Amazon book ED, You say: Of what use is a dead bodhisattva to anyone? My suggestion: fly to Dharamsala and ask Dalai Lama. (It is an essential mahayana teaching that you should help others before helping yourself.) Anthony --- On Thu, 25/11/10, ED <[email protected]> wrote: From: ED <[email protected]> Subject: [Zen] Re: FW: Amazon book To: [email protected] Date: Thursday, 25 November, 2010, 9:46 PM Of what use is a dead bodhisattva to anyone? A mother who really cares for her child will put on her own oxygen mask first. On the other hand, "The life of an enlightened being is like the shadow of a bird on water." --ED --- In [email protected], Anthony Wu <wu...@...> wrote: > > Bill, > > You got it wrong. Bodhisatvas advise you put the oxygen mask on other people before you have it on yourself. > > You have not answer whether you don't think preventing turmoil is necessary. > > Anthony
