Merle,
Is there a Dharma name that you would *LIKE*?
I have no "clout", in bestowing names, because I am NOT a teacher who has been
given Transmission -- my teacher Sheng Yen died before I could see him the last
time, in Taiwan -- but if you have an idea for a name, that is probably the
best name that any of us could find.
I'd sign on.
What-say, dear Sister? Cousin? (see?, we are multiply-related).
Anything come to you? Mull it over for a while, if you wannna.
If so, I will add my voice to the name you come up with, as if to confirm it.
Let us know?
Else, I will cogitate!;
I will Meditate!;
I will Ruminate!
But..., "You 'TAKES' your chances"!, if you leave it to ME. ;-)
'course, you don't have to accept/adopt a name I dream-up: I am just an
ordinary Joe, with no kind of powers nor insight nor wisdom that we'd attribute
to ANYONE. Except those we all have.
For sure.
I know about your Grey Elephants, your mountain, your garden, your ART. Maybe
I know sumpthin', then, but it is miniscule compared with what YOU know.
So, I ask you: WHAT is your Dharma name? What *IS* it? Take a while, sit on
this; does anything arise, and stick? No hurry.
If you demur in this, I will suggest one. But don't wait for me! I'd so much
by far wish to know your name for yourself: I'd learn from it.
--J. (Guo-Xiang; Tennen; Hose-A; Hose-B; Hose-C; Hose-W; enough hoses, already!)
> Merle Lester <merlewiitpom@...> wrote:
>
> dearest cousin joe.
> ..i would be honoured if you would bestow a dharma name for me.
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