Bill,
If one believes that after enlightenment a person is no different than an unenlightened person, then of what value is becoming enlightened, after all the time and effort devoted to getting there? Why report her accomplishment? --- In [email protected], "Bill!" <BillSmart@...> wrote: > ED, Why do you think her life should be an 'extra benefit to humankind'? --- In [email protected] </group/Zen_Forum/post?postID=gPwi3ShAuaHWQww9u6tcybKnQgnOH_cR__rTKCSQR5\ 0Q3ZL_Npn5m6nuI-_BcIm6eq27N7Ice61kW3PF5LHqeQs> , "ED" <seacrofter001@...> wrote: > > After that, of what extra benefit to humankind was her life? > --- In [email protected] </group/Zen_Forum/post?postID=gPwi3ShAuaHWQww9u6tcybKnQgnOH_cR__rTKCSQR5\ 0Q3ZL_Npn5m6nuI-_BcIm6eq27N7Ice61kW3PF5LHqeQs> , mike brown <uerusuboyo@> wrote: > > > > I remember reading a book about an English woman who became a Tibetan > buddhist nun and went there to meditate in a cave for 3 years. When she > was first exposed to Buddhism she wrote that she cried with frustration > at not being able to understand the Zen literature she was exposed to. > After her 3 years of solitary meditation, and many deep insights, she > laughed with joy at how fun and obvious those previously obscure Zen > koans and stories now were to her!
