"... apprehended."
There's the rub!
K
On 6/19/2012 10:05 AM, ED wrote:
Bill,
I like it.
"(sentiency) sense: the faculty through which the external world is
apprehended"
--ED
--- In [email protected], "Bill!" <BillSmart@...> wrote:
>
> I disagree.
>
> 'Sentient beings' are beings that have sensory organs. All the rest
of the qualities mentioned like 'mental entities such as perceptions,
beliefs, opinions, attitudes,desires, moods, values, prejudices,
convictions, assumptions,preconceptions, biases, habit patterns,
dispositions, sentiments, judgments, addictions,impulses, compulsions,
> compunctions, obsessions, scruples, delusions, views, concepts,
thoughts, ideas, etc....' are illusions and are exactly what zen
practice helps you dissolve attachments to.
>
> ...Bill!