i try..i try...many names..many...it's hard...in french my name means blackbird...how's that one?..merle
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. [snip]
