Joe, you're right of course, but if all someone is concerned about is gain or loss of money I'm not sure how 'selfless' they can be anyway.
Maybe you could 'balance' your books by creating for every monetary debit entry a compassion credit entry. Kind of like the concept of karma. Of course if you're giving something away expecting something in return then you as about as far from 'selfless' as you can get...Bill! --- In [email protected], "Joe" <desert_woodworker@...> wrote: > > Bill, > > I understand the drift, but I'd say that even in the awakened state, > one can still do advanced mathematics, and simple bookkeeping > Arithmetic, especially. A Bodhisattva would keep accounts, and > be sure not to disburse all her dough at once, to one recipient, > if she knew others were also in need, or if her and the husband's > roof needed fixing, etc. It's not a matter of a personal Ego, but > of figures in the accounting book. "Losing" money is probably a > word that comes about as an artefact of the translation. In the > scenario I paint, "losing" money is just an entry in the debit > column: the outgoing stream of dana gifts is not something the > Bodhisattva pines after, nor regrets. But she "knows" not to > overdo. I won't say how. > > My two centavos!, freely given, without ego attachment, for all beings here, > with greetings. > > --Joe > > > "Bill!" <BillSmart@> wrote: > > > > Anthony, > > > > If you are practicing 'selflessly' then you would not be losing money. You > > can't possess money unless you manifest a 'self', so how could you lose > > something you never possessed in the first place? > ------------------------------------ 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/
