Since this question was not directly answered, let me give it a try. About five or six years ago, I was in a restaurant order live fish. (Chinese are barbaric. I know. I know.) As always, the waiter brought one in a basket to obtain my approval. So I nodded. As he turned around toward the kitchen, an acute severe headache occurred within me for about 5-7 minutes. Hmm, then I remembered that another senior practitioner told me that's exactly what happened to her. And I recalled many similar incidents told by other dedicated practitioners in our school.
Gradually this incident was forgotten. About three months later, I ordered a live fish again, and this headache appeared again. I therefore no longer order anything live any more. I am not an enlightened being. My Teacher is. His ability to detect and ferry karma is far greater than what I am able to experience or deliver. Therefore, I have witnessed that anyone with enough purity in the "being" will for sure be hit with karma, especially those were initiated. Besides, enlightened being has no self. The entire focus, or heart, is filled with the suffering of others. This is my witness. JMJM Head Teacher Order of Chan -- Be Enlightened In This Life - We ALL Can http://chanjmjm.blogspot.com http://www.heartchan.org ------------------------------------ Current Book Discussion: any Zen book that you recently have read or are reading! Talk about it today!Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zen_Forum/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zen_Forum/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
