Joe, My Dharma-name is 'rotting roadkill'...Bill!
--- In [email protected], "Joe" <desert_woodworker@...> wrote: > > Dear Merle, > > Thanks for taking my sometimes unwarranted sniping in such a good spirit. > Really, I do not deserve your kindness. No, seriously. > > I'm probably a better friend when I am quiet. > > But when all we have is the printed page, well..., I hope I do not come off > looking mostly bad, most of the time. > > I have high hopes for and faith in Humanity. > > Merle, maybe your Dharma-name is "Snowflake". But, to make it... err-r, > uhh-h, more "ZEN", maybe it is "MOUNTAIN Snowflake". Wow; I can just hear it > falling into the valley, seen and heard from our aerie up above. This, to > me, is an experience that puts me in a very "still" state, conducive to long > and comfortable sits afterwards. No wonder so much of our Zen heritage -- in > its development -- took place at mountain practice-centers, in old China; > and, Japan. > > But I also have mountains in my blood, and in my name, and lived and worked > for years in the Andes of Chile; and Hawai'i; and Arizona. > > Well, only you or a teacher can give you a Dharma name. Do you think > "Mountain Snowflake" is too delicate?; or, does it "resonate"? Pardon this > question, quite out of the blue. Or out of a cloud. > > If you were to want a Dharma name, and wanted to choose one for yourself, I > wonder, ...what would it be? Lots of "ifs", there, or at least a couple. > Forgive my presumptuousness, pls. Or, maybe you've thought about this? > > Cheers, > > Your cous', > > --Cousin-Joe > > > Merle Lester <merlewiitpom@> wrote: > > > > joe.. i like that description of the snowflake..beautiful > > Â i certainly respect your thoughts and believe you me, i do listen to you > > and learn... yes practise indeed...i am learning > > > ------------------------------------ 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/
