Joe, Well being a quadriplegic would also 'keep you out of trouble' but that doesn't mean it has anything to do with Zen...
The correct understanding is if you really have Zen you don't worry about 'getting into trouble'. Edgar On Jun 4, 2012, at 8:39 PM, Joe wrote: > 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. > [snip-scape] > >
