Erik, Good to meet you by name, and see you here again.
Yes, I think my "take" on vows is mostly an "operational" one. I've become so blamably practical and pragmatic (if they're not the same thing[s]): it's the Zen training, you know. Was a time when I could and would carry on at length about everything but the practical, or even the practical. I can still do that, and perhaps as well as anyone, but I've given myself modified marching-orders over the years, which I'm mostly unwitting of, except to see their results as the decades "progress". Well, I hope it's progress. It's certainly evolution, or at least change. Funny, when I first heard Hendrix' song, I thought he began it with "PE-dro". I thought he was quizzing some guy named "Pedro". Try it. Give a listen?: "Pe-dro, ...where you goin' with that... GUN in your hand?" Could be a big hit in Mexico, etc.: "Pedro, a donde va con la pistola en la mano?" A lot of people have begun conversations with me by asking that first actual line, though. I love it. Always will. A fave performance of the song, to a stunned or unwitting young well-dressed, well-behaved, sober?!, German audience -- who doesn't/don't QUITE know what they've just experienced -- is this one (Wow!). See the left-handed Lutenist play that right-handed backwards-strung Strat, like he'd invented it, front and center, on top of his head, behind his back, and using even his tongue as plectrum. Gibson still makes the guitar, but what about the Player?: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmP8EoQ2XwU --Joe > "fleetinginsight" wrote: > > > Hey Joe (said Jimi Hendrix), > > Many thanks for the thoughtful reply. What you've written is a very helpful > way to think about *why* one takes vows. The nagging question is *who* is > taking them, and I realize that resolution to this question has to occur > through practice, not intellectual gymnastics (or theory as you put it, > though for the purposes of a listserv the gymnastics sure are fun). > > Best, > Erik > > --- In [email protected], "Joe" wrote: > > > > Fleetinginsight, > > > > In practice circles, I think there's no "theory" as to who it is who takes > > the vows, etc. One simply takes them, even without a clear idea about the > > "one". [snip] ------------------------------------ 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/
