Mr. Joe, reminds me of this story:
*A beautiful girl in the village was pregnant. Her angry parents demanded > to know who was the father. At first resistant to confess, the anxious and > embarrassed girl finally pointed to Hakuin, the Zen master whom everyone > previously revered for living such a pure life. When the outraged parents > confronted Hakuin with their daughter's accusation, he simply replied "Is > that so?" When the child was born, the parents brought it to the Hakuin, > who now was viewed as a pariah by the whole village. They demanded that he > take care of the child since it was his responsibility. "Is that so?" > Hakuin said calmly as he accepted the child. For many months he took very > good care of the child until the daughter could no longer withstand the lie > she had told. She confessed that the real father was a young man in the > village whom she had tried to protect. The parents immediately went to > Hakuin to see if he would return the baby. With profuse apologies they > explained what had happened. "Is that so?" Hakuin said as he handed them > the child.* All this talk about Subhana. I love her whether she does charge $120 or not. How could practicing the TRUE dharma be anything but PRICELESS!! and then give MORE! with Love, HYS On Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 6:23 PM, Joe <[email protected]> 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" 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? > > > > >
