How did your teachers bring it back to the marketplace?
On 12/13/12, Bill! <[email protected]> wrote: > Everyone, > > RAF mentioned something in one of his recent posts to which I chose not to > respond, but after seeing more of his and other's comments I do want to > say... > > The zen I practice has absolutely nothing to do with my opinions on > economics or politics. These are the realm of the 'commissar' - someone who > believes the best way to influence society is from the top down. My > preference is more like the 'yogi' - someone who believes it is more > effective to influence society from the bottom up - that is starting with > ME. > > So, although I do have opinions (and some of them very strong) on economics > and politics, I don't claim they are based on my zen practice, or as RAF > might believe, have been led astray by 'nasty old Modern American faux-Zen'. > Although I've certainly had these types of discussions with my fellow zen > students I don't recall ever discussing anything even remotely like this > with any of my teachers or senior monks. > > As for the Yahoo! Zen Forum I don't think these topics are really > appropriate, but as most of you know both Edgar and I are very liberal 8>] > when it comes to discussions. But...let's not focus too much or dwell too > long on these types of side-topics. > > ...Bill! > > ------------------------------------ Current Book Discussion: any Zen book that you recently have read or are reading! Talk about it today!Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zen_Forum/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zen_Forum/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
