Snort. I have to agree. Our mission is of entertainment not saving sentient beings.
Thanks, --Chris 301-270-6524 On Feb 6, 2013 7:16 PM, <uerusub...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > Chris, > > I hope so. We do less damage that way. > > Mike > > Sent from Yahoo! Mail for iPhone > > ------------------------------ > * From: * Chris Austin-Lane <ch...@austin-lane.net>; > * To: * <Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com>; > * Subject: * Re: [Zen] Acting against seeming inevitability -- WAS: Re: > war criminals > * Sent: * Thu, Feb 7, 2013 2:55:32 AM > > > > I doubt there are really 400 readers for our energetic debates here. I bet > nost of the lurkers are either no mail or else let it pile up unread in > numberless email boxes. > > Thanks, > --Chris > 301-270-6524 > On Feb 6, 2013 2:09 PM, "Joe" <desert_woodwor...@yahoo.com> wrote: > >> ...and, Carl, >> >> Heterodoxy is fine by me, too. Have at it if that is your ken. >> >> I only write about Zen as I know it, which is Zen as it is practiced, and >> realized. >> >> I'm a practitioner. You too? >> >> Mostly, I speak about practice and its upshot, and not much about theory. >> But I'm game for theory, anytime. I know that Madhyamika and Yogacara >> inform Zen philosophy, to the extent that there is any. Ch'an and Zen is >> not the Teaching School, as you know. >> >> But I'm off topic in this thread, about that. Just a heads-up. >> >> They say it doesn't take just one to ruin a forum topic's flow, it takes >> two. There are 400 here who may also be as interested in your info as I am. >> >> Don't -- Please don't -- take an easy-out, and clam-up about the >> 'Illuminati'. I use the inverted commas until you substantiate something. >> >> If it was a joke, fine. Why leave us hanging? >> >> Maybe I have a too-serious acceptance of others... . >> >> --Joe >> >> --- In Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com, "Carl" wrote: >> > >> > As I said I'm not interested in these games, so this subject is closed >> on my part. If you were genuinely interested in the subject, you would not >> have this approach of attempting to discredit it publicly and get the group >> back to discussing your "orthodox" views of Zen (that you have displayed in >> other posts). >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------ >> >> Current Book Discussion: any Zen book that you recently have read or are >> reading! Talk about it today!Yahoo! Groups Links >> >> >> >> >