Joe, Well, that's a relief and does shed a somewhat different light on it. Subhana has certainly put in the hours as a professional counsellor to charge what the hell she likes (I think many less economically able people would be able to claim a govt. rebate, too). As I said in an earlier post, I don't see such activities as teaching the Dharma, so it's no problem for me. My original concern still stands tho, that making a living solely from teaching the Dharma leads to exploitation and its corruption (I've even heard of some temples where they've stopped giving permission for students to record the talks due to copyright issues).
Mike PS Let's not be too harsh on Merle because with no contact with Zen centres/teachers there would probably be a blur between the teacher's role there and their professional role as a helper. And she has certainly raised an important issue (although I feel personally bad that Subhana was lumped in with any issues I have with the unethical charging of money for the teaching of the Dharma). PPS A gassho to her for her work and a humble apology from me. --- In [email protected], "Joe" <desert_woodworker@...> wrote: > > Merle, > > See, the psychiatric services would not have interested me. > > Since you made several people here think that such fees pertained to Dharma > teaching, I hope that you and your confederates in this charade will express > sincere contrition soon. > > You've disgraced us, yourself, and this Forum, Merle. > > --Joe > > > Merle Lester <merlewiitpom@> wrote: > > > > scroll down joe.. > > > > you'll see the fees [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/
