Joe, How would you defend a Zen teacher who charges $120 an hour?
Mike PS I'll definitely listen to those talks and give you my humble feedback when I can. --- In [email protected], "Joe" <desert_woodworker@...> wrote: > > Mike, > > Oh, yes. I don't like to see any Zen teacher -- or other Dharma teachers -- > smeared by ignorant and childish ranting. Why would I sit still for anyone > doing that, when I see the victim is getting a bad rap... . > > I left the Diamond Sangha a few years ago. I never met Merle's neighbor > personally. > > Give a listen to any of her Teisho (Dharma talks) online? A "fortune" I > rec'd in a fortune cookie yesterday at a Chinese restaurant (celebrating > belatedly the Chinese Lunar New year of the Grey Water Snake), read: > > "To Understand a Man's Mind, Listen to his Words." > > Hey, it applies to women, too. ;-) > > --Joe > > > "mike" <uerusuboyo@> wrote: > > > > Joe, > > > > I think there's a valuable lesson for all of us here, tho. I don't shirk my > > responsibility for being suspicious of someone who turned out to be > > completely innocent, but I see this as a very pertinent example of the > > dangers of making a living from the dharma. Charging for expenses and other > > ancillaries is one thing, but *if* it had been true that a Zen teacher was > > charging $120 an hour for purely Zen related teachings, how would you > > honestly feel about that? Again, I'm sorry that it was someone you > > personally know that was the subject of the earlier discussion, but if it > > had been a complete stranger to you, would you have been so defensive of > > them? > > > ------------------------------------ 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/
