Edgar, sir,
Let's leave that aside. Will you reply to my post, pls.?
I refer you nonetheless to your post to us:
Post three-four-zero-seven-niner.
q. v.:
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Re: [Zen] Re: I am sometimes feeling we are very artificial
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edgarowen Offline Send Email Wed Nov 21, 2012 6:08 am |
LOL!
How true. I paid nothing and I got MU!
Edgar
On Nov 21, 2012, at 12:45 AM, Bill! wrote:
>
>
> Edgar,
>
> Well you know the old saying..."You get what you pay for."
>
> --- In [email protected], Edgar Owen <edgarowen@...> wrote:
> >
> > Joe,
> >
> > O, I do know a few things about him that you've told me including that he
> > claimed an impossible 6 year diet.
> >
> > I also know from your reluctance to discuss it that he charged for your Zen
> > lessons which I find suspicious.
> >
> > In all my practice at Zen temples there was never any charge at all.
> > Lessons, food and board were all gratis...
> >
> > Edgar
> >
> >
> >
> > On Nov 20, 2012, at 9:28 PM, Joe wrote:
> >
> > > Edgar,
> > >
> > > The "ifs" show touching concern for us, but he did none of those things,
> > > ever. This is why I said that you know nothing about him. That was my
> > > point, and now yours.
> > >
> > > --Joe
> > >
> > > PS To quote Lin Chi (about Edgar): "When will the comings and goings of
> > > this fellow be at an end?"
> > >
> > > > Edgar Owen <edgarowen@> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > The point is that if he lied about this to artificially enhance his
> > > > reputation that tells us a lot about his character and perhaps his
> > > > grasp of Zen as well...
> > >
> > >
--- In [email protected], Edgar Owen <edgarowen@...> wrote:
>
> Joe,
>
> I never said "I got Mu". I don't know where that came from but it's not
> anything I'd say...
>
> Edgar
>
>
> On Nov 29, 2012, at 4:54 PM, Joe wrote:
>
> > Edgar,
> >
> > How did it go for you?
> >
> > You wrote that you practiced in a temple or temples in Japan, and "got" Mu.
> > Will you tell us more?
> >
> > Bill! and I, and others, have gone into this about ourselves here a little.
> > I wonder how it went for you. I'm a newcomer here, but don't know if I
> > missed it. May I ask for even a brief version? Or any version.
> >
> > Or, pls. tell me the keywords to search under at the website archive of the
> > Group's history?
> >
> > How about since you've been home? How has it gone? Is practice a part of
> > your life nowadays? Is it different now since "Mu", and have you become Mu
> > more than once? What's going on in your life.
> >
> > Coming down to brass stacks.
> >
> > There's saving power in stories.
> >
> > (although not conservation of electricity) ;-)
> >
> > Thanks! in advance.
> >
> > And, with Cheers!,
> >
> > --Joe
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