Howdy, Bill, Now I am really confused, ...and so I feel quite as usual.
Leonard is *my* friend. I was replying to Chris. Read Leonard's book, and he can be your friend, too. ;-) Wishes for a happy healthy 2013, --Joe --- In [email protected], "Bill!" <BillSmart@...> wrote: > > I agree with Chris and his friend Leonard, and would echo that and > re-echo the Buddhist credo that attachment is the root cause of all > suffering. > Buddha's teaching is all about relieving suffering by dropping > attachments. Attachments are desires and expectations directly > associated with your sense of self. Zen practice is about dropping > attachments by first realizing the self is an illusion and then through > continued practice dissolving that illusion. > No self = no attachments = no suffering. > ...Bill! > --- In [email protected], "Joe" wrote: > > > > Chris, > > > > Is that addressed to Suresh, to me, or, as you write, to humanity? > > > > ;-) > > > > --Joe > > > > PS My friend Leonard, an author on Anger, and Zen, teaches that anger > is caused by an irrational expectation not being fulfilled. For > example, someone takes the parking space at the supermarket that you > were carefully aligning your car to pull into, and a guy in a small car > just speeds ahead of you and slips in. You feel angry. Now, what if a > Cow had strode into that space, instead, and sat down: Would you feel > angry? The difference is that you expected the fellow in the > compact-car to show you some "respect", ...which, unfortunately, ...is a > wholly unreasonable expectation. Whereas, the Cow, well, she doesn't > even know how to drive! Leonard's book is, THE COW IN THE PARKING LOT. > The book even includes exercises for the reader. Now, I would say, > Leonard's "cause" of anger is the view from the point of view of > Delusion. If viewed from Awakening, I would say that anger is caused by > bewitchment with a personal "self", and by concomitant causes and > conditions which exacerbate that. Buddhism teaches that it is due to > Ignorance, Hatred, and Greed. ------------------------------------ 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/
