Steve, It sounds to me that you agree to: A Buddha cannnot harm others. Some people, enlightened or not, can feel and correct the karma of others. Right? Anthony
--- On Sat, 26/2/11, SteveW <[email protected]> wrote: From: SteveW <[email protected]> Subject: [Zen] Re: Can Buddha intentionally harm? To: [email protected] Date: Saturday, 26 February, 2011, 3:09 AM --- In [email protected], Jue Miao Jing Ming - 覺妙精明 <chan.jmjm@...> wrote: > > 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 > > Hi JM. Thank you for answering my question. I agree. May all be happy! Steve
