edgar..you betcha...they sure need buddha..the poor...but not to be bamboozled and manipulated...but to be set free... the land of money making and folk posing as holy folk..why do they hover in those rich areas? good works in the name of buddha and christ must be freely given merle
Joe, and Merle, More PC nonsense Joe. There are greater population densities in all the slums of the world than in elite wealthy neighborhoods. AND they need Buddhist teaching a lot more than the very well off. I agree with Merle here. Is it true compassion or more a desire to make a profit and become well known? Edgar On Dec 10, 2012, at 11:04 PM, Joe wrote: >Merle, > >Please don't let your prejudices blacken your heart toward Subhana Barzaghi, >Roshi. > >She lives in Sydney because it's a high population center, and *THERE ARE >PEOPLE* there WHO WANT TO *LEARN*. If she lived at the foot of your hill, >instead, who the hell would she have to teach? Only YOU!? ;-) > >You see? Don't be so silly; please. > >Trust me. She is a wonderful radical. You are a Tory by comparison. I doubt >you'd last ten seconds under her eye, or in her compassionate care. ;-) > >And, ...I know you would *LOVE* her. > >Right, not much of her art on her site at present. What happened? Used to be >tons. > >Just Google her full name, and maybe add "art" to the string. You may find >her paintings depicted elsewhere. > >Her art is in many books; some of them are Zen books. > >She could maybe have taught Mister Kandinsky something about "The Spiritual in >Art". Or, certainly inspired him, at least in his writing, where it seems to >me it would have helped. ;-) > >--Joe > >> Merle Lester <merlewiitpom@...> wrote: >> >> i check it out...yes i have googled her before....thank you for your >> interest >> >> .not much of her art there... >> >> will i send her a message?.. >> >> mmm >> >> i am concerned she bases herself in mosman sydney.. very expensive upper >> crust area... >> >> i believe we need to reach out to the poor and needy. >> to do the work of buddha and christ.. >> >> .and following in their paths we discard the need to charge money.. >> to give is to give freely. >> .to love is to love wholeheartedly.. >> to care is to care without strings attached. >> .you give till you can give no more and then you give again. >> .that is the path to enlightenment.. >> let the teacher come to the mountain top. >> then we will see... >> have a wise and precious day.. for you will not see this day again. > >
