Joe, Great illustrative example!
Thanks, Edgar On Aug 30, 2012, at 8:41 PM, Joe wrote: > Edgar, > > Yessir. Thank you. > > My dying Master (Sheng Yen; 1930-2009) wrote: > > "Busy with nothing, growing old. > Within emptiness, weeping, laughing. > Intrinsically, there is no 'I'. > Life and death, thus cast aside." > > It's his casting aside both life and death that reminds me of your: > > "...freeing oneself from ALL attachments, both the pleasant and unpleasant > ones...". > > --Joe > > > Edgar Owen <edgarowen@...> wrote: > > > > The problem with being happily mired in ignorance and being attached to all > > the good things in your life is that you then are going to be equally > > attached to any bad things that happen.... > > > > That's why Buddha spoke of the Middle Way and freeing oneself from ALL > > attachments, both the pleasant and unpleasant ones... > >
