>Do you believe any human being could subsist only on yam leaves and rice for 6 >years or do you agree with me it's simply impossible?
And the new Donald Trump.. ________________________________ From: Edgar Owen <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, 22 November 2012, 13:07 Subject: Re: [Zen] the zen spirit Merle, OK, please answer a simple question and we will see. :-) Do you believe any human being could subsist only on yam leaves and rice for 6 years or do you agree with me it's simply impossible? The fate of your immortal soul and entry into the Buddhahood realm rests on a correct and honest answer to this simple question! :-) I challenge everyone on this group who is at all interested in the truth and who understands that belief in falsehood is illusion and thus that truth is essential to realization to give us THEIR answer to this question. Edgar On Nov 22, 2012, at 1:44 AM, Merle Lester wrote: > > > > > edgar..what do you take me for?..a fool..merle > > > >Merle, > > >Get real and use your brain Merle! It's not the number of calories but the >necessary nutrients for life are missing. > > >Hot water? Well I like that myself (I usually add several spices and sometimes >lemon juice) but I hope you don't think anyone can subsist on it? > > >Edgar > > > > > > >On Nov 20, 2012, at 5:22 PM, Merle Lester wrote: > > >> >> >> because he did no heavy labour all day he needed less food... >> how long did he live?... >>plain hot water is great!... >>does not believe in the principles of nutrition and you just ran with that >>joe?.. >>what?... >>where is your zen spirit?. >>.merle >> >> >> >>Anyone who tries to convince you he lived on wild yam leaves and rice for 6 >>years begins to sound like the oriental typical guru putting one over on >>gullible disciples. >> >> >>How much did you pay him total for 'enlightening' you? >> >> >>Edgar >> >> >> >> >> >> >>On Nov 20, 2012, at 1:45 PM, Joe wrote: >> >> >>>Edgar, >>> >>>Negative. >>> >>>I suggest a reading of Ch'an Master Sheng's autobiography. >>> >>>When he taught us, he would often urge us to eat "properly" in our daily >>>lives as we practice. But he added that he "does not believe in the >>>principles of nutrition". That was always very interesting to me, but I >>>never questioned him in detail about what he believed (or followed) instead. >>> I was already a vegetarian before I met him. >>> >>>On the veracity of his story of his cultivating the "Taiwan wild mountain >>>potato", I had no reason to doubt him. He mentioned that this potato is >>>different from what we call potatoes in the West. And I suspect it is not >>>related to our Solanaceous plants, which I think are only indigenous to S. >>>Amer., and not Asia. So the leaves of his plants may have been differently >>>nutritious, indeed!, compared with those of our Deadly Nightshades. >>> >>>In fact, it is a type of Yam. >>> >>>I must assume that he also had Tea; maybe he did not mention it because it's >>>like an Englishman taking tea "for granted" as a commodity, except more so!, >>>for a Chinese! ;-) >>> >>>But, ...he taught us on Retreat to drink plain hot water, and we had urns of >>>it: I personally called this "Sheng Yen Tea". So, maybe he did not have any >>>tea at all during his 6-year retreat. It's possible that he may have found >>>Ginseng root on the mountain, however, too. >>> >>>He mentions the Yam potato leaves several times in his auto-bio, and in >>>fact, there is an entire chapter (Chapt. 11) there, called "Wild Potato >>>Leaves"... . >>> >>>For your reading, here is the reference to Sheng Yen's best-known >>>autobiography in English. The book is quite clear about his diet on the >>>mountain: >>> >>>Sheng Yen; FOOTPRINTS IN THE SNOW; THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A CHINESE BUDDHIST >>>MONK, 2008, Doubleday. >>> >>>You can also see the Amazon page: >>> >>>http://www.amazon.com/Footprints-Snow-Autobiography-Chinese-Buddhist/dp/B003JTHRT6/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1353436592&sr=8-3&keywords=footprints+in+the+snow >>> >>>Best, >>> >>>--Joe >>> >>>> Edgar Owen <edgarowen@...> wrote: >>>> >>>> I suggest you use the same investigative intelligence you used to debunk >>>> the hurricane Sandy photos to debunk your teacher's story. >>>> >>>> No human being could live on only wild potato leaves and rice for 6 years. >>>> That's quite obvious. >>> >>> >> >> >> >> >> > > > > >
