Didn't Siddartha Gautama the World Honored one himself have some actions that could be described as sexist? He may have pushed the needle of his society towards being less sexist but I think to believe that an experience of awakening will remove all traces, structural, cultural and psychological, of our environment's negative characteristics is to be reborn a fox.
To be sure living fully in each moment, seeing each person clearly will make for less racist or sexist behavior, but racism and sexism are not just operating at the individual level, they are large pervasive systems. Even to the point of slowing our responses on certain clever neurologic tests. I think Buddha would say, if you are racist, deal with it in the best possible way in the current situation. Thanks, --Chris 301-270-6524 On Feb 19, 2013 10:27 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > ** > > > Joe, > > > Racism is NOT one of the policies or behaviors of a Buddha. > > I believe I never met any Buddha before, so I don't know. Besides, Racism > or not, is a label we give based on convention and it is always subjective > to a certain level. > > In observance to the Precept against "Criticizing others and elevating > myself", I'd not comment on the rest :-) > > Siska > ------------------------------ > *From: * "Joe" <[email protected]> > *Sender: * [email protected] > *Date: *Wed, 20 Feb 2013 06:00:59 -0000 > *To: *<[email protected]> > *ReplyTo: * [email protected] > *Subject: *Re: [Zen] Fw: peek a boo ... > > > > Siska, > > Evidently! > > But let's see which one of the Buddhist Precepts proscribes it anyhow: > Racism is NOT one of the policies or behaviors of a Buddha. > > I'll lean toward the first Precept as my first guess: "No Killing". There > are many ways of killing. Prejudice is one of them, because you screen them > out, screen them out of consideration; they are DEAD, to you. This is bad > for your own health, because you've just cut off a part of your body. > > The Precept against "Criticizing others and elevating myself" comes to > mind, too, in the same mind-breath. > > I would say that Racism is not part of Zen, after all, just to indicate > that we do not sanction it consciously. > > But it is part of the Three Poisons. > > Ignorance, hatred and greed rise endlessly! > > But Edgar has resolved this for us: it all had to do with rocks that he > was carrying in his head. As bad as stones in the bladder?, I guess, but I > don't know. Or maybe the Racism is brought on by simple dispepsia. > > I prescribe Peppermint Tea!, ...but not too steaming hot. Sip. At the > first sign of overeating. > > --Joe > > > siska_cen@... wrote: > > > > Joe, > > > > Racism is part of Zen too, no? ;-) > > > > Siska > > > >
