ED, Of course in the case of zen you'd have to drop the 'external' and 'apprehended?' (did you mean 'comprehended' or 'experienced'?).
My definition of 'sentient' is a being that has the ability to experience. ...Bill! --- In [email protected], "ED" <seacrofter001@...> 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! > ------------------------------------ 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/
