Dear Bill Keeping in mind just this . . . one question, have you seen the movie?
best wishes Kirk --- In [email protected], "Bill!" <BillSmart@...> wrote: > > Zendervish, > > Persuasive speech which appeals to emotion is called 'rhetoric'. I don't > think my response below was so much rhetorical as sarcastic. > > However you want to classify it I was using my speech (writing in this case) > to point out the fundamental error in the message of this Zen Fable (which I > didn't find so much to be a ZEN fable as a BUDDHIST fable). > > Zen teaching does not suggest you have to remove and isolate yourself from > the world. Maybe Buddhism does. Zen practice gives you the ability to > integrate yourself seamlessly INTO the world so there is no separation. > > No world, no you, Just THIS! > > ...Bill! > > --- In [email protected], "salik888" <novelidea8@> wrote: > > > > Dear Bill > > > > The display of sympathy is an interesting human emotion, also apparently a > > slippery slope when used to make a point through your own agenda. > > > > best wishes > > > > zendervish > > > > --- In [email protected], "Bill!" <BillSmart@> wrote: > > > > > > Poor Haejin has been mislead by his elders. He's been told that the > > > 'world' is something different and apart from him, that he was once part > > > of it but now is spearate. Just has he has been told his tooth, once > > > pulled from his mouth, is now something apart and separate. > > > > > > Perhaps one day Haejin will be able to travel down the mountain and > > > discover that the 'world' down there is not different than the 'world' up > > > where he now lives. > > > > > > ...Bill! > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "salik888" <novelidea8@> wrote: > > > > > > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVL2M_G6lm4 > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ 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/
