You are correct Joe. Suresh
--- In [email protected], "Joe" <desert_woodworker@...> wrote: > > Bill!, > > You might not be among the fortunate who lived 2500 years ago, when literacy > was the exception. > > The skilful ways of the ancestors might be hard for an English-Major to > comprehend! > > Breadth-Requirements might have had a chance of filling you in on the facts. > No? All but forgotten? > > I see no reason to disparage the roots of the Zen (Buddhist) tradition. > > Remember, too, that the Indian way of teacher was / is extremely detailed, > precise, and dependent on memorization and personal assimilation. That was > the tradition, and so it continues (there)! > > Mr. Suresh may correct me if I'm a century awry. > > --Joe > > > "Bill!" <BillSmart@> wrote: > > > > Edgar, > > > > I agree 100% with that! Like the Noble Eightfold Path: Right Speech, > > Right Thought, Right Intentions, etc... Why do they name only 8 classes? > > Why do they name classes at all? Why not just: Live Right? And anyway the > > challenge isn't doing all the 'right' things. The challenge is determining > > what is right and what is not. > > > > I call this "The Twelve Days Of Christmas Syndrome": You know...four > > calling birds, three French hens, two turtle doves and a partridge in a > > pear treeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee. ;>) > ------------------------------------ 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/
