Joe, I was just responding to the thread. Sentient-ness is not the only thing I value.
I have heard it said that 'all sentient beings have Buddha Nature'. That doesn't exclude non-sentient beings/items from also having Buddha Nature, but I cannot understand how they could. Anyway, all those thoughts are not important/valuable to me. ...Bill! --- In [email protected], "Joe" <desert_woodworker@...> wrote: > > Bill, > > An honest man, saying "I don't know". > > I often give homage to stones and stars and clouds. > > Whether they are sentient or not, I don't know, either, Bill. > > In our sesshin-ending ceremonies, we'd give homage to Stones and Clouds, and > dedicate ourselves "...to the Enlightenment of Bushes and Grasses!" > > It has to be so. > > But those buggers are not sentient. How do I know? Because I > contemplate them with the third eye and get not a twiddle from them. > > Case closed. > > Yet, as nicely open as before. > > They are worth our notice, but they are not sentient. > > Sentience is not the only quality worth our valuing; agreed? > > Someday, we'll be non-sentient, and will be glad (will we?) if anybody values > us. Nah, probably too late, then. ;-) > > Meanwhile, Bill, I value you; just to let you know, man. > > --Joe > > > "Bill!" <BillSmart@> wrote: > > > > Joe and Glenn, > > > > All types of life (that I know of) are sentient. There may be other > > categories of things that are not alive that are also sentient. I don't > > know. > ------------------------------------ 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/
