Hey Mel: It is said that patience and endurance is amongst is part of the matter the great boddhisatvas are made of. Mayka
--- On Thu, 24/3/11, Mel <[email protected]> wrote: From: Mel <[email protected]> Subject: [Zen] Add Nothing Extra To: [email protected] Date: Thursday, 24 March, 2011, 10:36 ..Unbelieveable, absolutely unbelieveable... - Mike, I think you've just lost the 'kensho-tinged' status that ED apparently awarded you recently. Bill, you'll always keep yours for reasons only ED knows - Mayka, Mike, Bill, and others...your patience for having to repeat the same things over and over again, and ignored in turn over and over again....your patience for such is well...incredible... - When someone is stubborn, I give in and start telling fairy tales, or whatever the other side wants to hear. Good enough for the likes of Deshimaru-sensei, good enough for me Mel(very amused..*grin*..) --- On Thu, 24/3/11, Bill! <[email protected]> wrote: Badges? We don't need no stinkin' badges! --- In [email protected], "ED" <seacrofter001@...> wrote: Mike and Mayka, Have your claims to realization of Buddha Nature been accredited by authentic Zen Masters? --ED In [email protected], "ED" <seacrofter001@> wrote: Mike, My question is simple and impersonal: What is the benefit to himself/herself or others of a person arriving at such a state? --ED
