Bill,

Of course you are right.

Have a gold star.

Does this diminish in any way the observation that reading the sutras keeps us 
out of trouble?

"Nay".

Of course, weeding the garden also benefits the stomach, but I quibble, 
...however, not just rhetorically.  ;-)

Be well, practice well, old man,

--J.
 
> Even the Greatest of Practitioners weed the garden regularly.  Do you know 
> why?  Because during the time they are weeding the garden (or washing the 
> dishes, or sweeping the floor, or playing with their children, or gazing up 
> into the stars) they are not doing evil.
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