Pudgala2, I don't think the qualities of having an ego and being sentient have a 1:1 relationship.
I do think in order to have an ego you must be sentient, but I do not think all sentient beings necessarily have an ego. ...Bill! --- In [email protected], "pudgala2" <pudgala2@...> wrote: > > 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 > ------------------------------------ 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/
