Bill! So far none of the replies in this thread contain any indication of having read or understood the excerpt from the Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch <http://www.sacred-texts.com/bud/bb/bb29.htm> so there is no need to correct the url or delete my posting.
I will continue to use the expression sentient beings as the cofactors of the ego and will only reply to those postings that contain a glimmer of understanding. Communications requires having something in common. Nothing in commonâ€"nothing to communicate. Thank you. pudgala2
