Joe, Haha! I know what you mean. I lived in China for a while and the cooking there is radically different to how the Chinese cook for western tastes. "Would you like a little rice with your oil?"..
Mike --- In [email protected], "Joe" <desert_woodworker@...> wrote: > > Mike, > > Hell of a bargain. And I bet you get a Crossword, to boot. > > But no comparison to my two kinds of Chicken, and pure steamed rice. I don't > have these lunches often, because they are too savory. If I were in China or > Taiwan, I'd fall in with the rest and eat this way all the time. Usually I > prefer my own cooking: the restaurant uses lots more oil than needed in the > wok, and more than I do. It's like the Exxon Valdez. > > --Joe > > > "mike" <uerusuboyo@> wrote: > > > > Joe, > > > > Same thing at Goenka's Vipassana retreats, but these two examples are > > nothing to do with the commercialisation of the dharma and are everything > > to do with mindfulness. The students at the school I mentioned had been > > allowed to record the talks for the previous 20 years. Commercial interests > > changed the practice - not the method of practice. > > > > Mike > > > > 8 bucks, eh? I pay a buck for my local paper and can read not just my > > fortune (Horoscope), but the fortunes of everyone on the planet. How's that > > for a bargain? > ------------------------------------ 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/
