and so say ALL of us..merle
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" 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? >
