A day without work is a day without food. whose work? whose food?
On Tuesday, March 29, 2011, ED <[email protected]> wrote:
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> Mike,
> Pro bono work is laudable. But first, one has to earn one's keep. Zen
> stories emphasize this aspect of real (illusory) existence.
> In one religion, one of the primary duties of the father is to ensure that
> his son focuses on a profession to support himself and his future family.
> This is very laudable too.
> Zen, like this religion, has it's feet on the ground, while it seeks to
> realize Buddha Nature (without seeking to realize Buddha Nature.)
> --ED
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> --- In [email protected] mike brown <uerusuboyo@...> wrote:
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>> ED,
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>> >Or as you have pointed out before, there is no self to turn around.
>> Zen Masters selling water by the river! Ho Ho Ho. But everyone has got
>> to make a living somehow.
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>> Don't worry, I work pro bono for those without means.
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>> Mike
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>> Mike,
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>> Or as you have pointed out before, there is no self to turn around.
>> Zen Masters selling water by the river! Ho Ho Ho. But everyone has got
>> to make a living somehow.
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>> --ED
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>> --- In [email protected], mike brown uerusuboyo@ wrote:
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>> > ED,
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>> > I like my self and I enjoy being in the world, but maybe the trick is
>> to not let the world turn the self around.
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>> > Mike
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>> > Selves make the world go round.
>> > --ED
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>> > > Chris,
>> > > The 'Never Ending Story', apparently never ending.
>> > > Mike
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>> > > > Have you ever encountered an individual devoid of self or ego?
>> > > >--ED
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