Mike, It's just possible that "no other organism' needs these gifts (the dharma). Since we humans make our own suffering through attachments it's possible that is not a problem, or at least as big a problem, in other organisms.
Just a thought... ...Bill! --- In [email protected], uerusuboyo@... wrote: > > Merle,<br/><br/>I sometimes wonder if your view of humans is influenced by > your personality or your exposure to Christian-Judaeo thinking. It certainly > seems in accord with ideas like Original Sin! I see things differently. Those > of us alive right now 'owe' it to the fact that every single one of our > ancestors survived to reproductive age and procreated. We also can see our > place in the universe and our origins. We have been born in a time where > there is a teaching (Dharma) that shows us how we can experience ultimate > reality and end our suffering. No other organism has these 'gifts'. How > extraordinary and lucky we are!<br/><br/>Mike<br/><br/><br/>Sent from Yahoo! > Mail for iPad > ------------------------------------ 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/
