> Needless to say the Japanese have quite a different idea of compassion > than we in the west do. They have the kind of compassion that allows one > to make an intervention with a drunk who is killing themselves, and > allows one to be quite forceful in order to do so. > > They have been known to hit a Monk, who is drunk on his or her own > delusion, with a stick, and consider it a compassionate act.
Fudo-san, I have heard that compassion is just doing the next thing that needs to be done. Which may be letting someone experience the results of their actions. I don't think the Japanese folks are the only ones to appear harsh towards the deluded. Wasn't it Marpa who pushed Milarepa off the cliff? Or was that Marpa's teacher who pushd him and broke both his legs? And Milarepa had to build rock tower after rock tower, tearing down and returning the stones to their original place several times before his teacher was satisfied? Again, it comes down to skill. Taking the backwards step, that is not so much AC's skill as ours. Do we possess skillful means in meeting AC? Or the nice-nice la-la head (that's the one that gets me at the moment LOL)? Gassho, Ryunen ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Make a clean sweep of pop-up ads. Yahoo! Companion Toolbar. Now with Pop-Up Blocker. Get it for free! http://us.click.yahoo.com/L5YrjA/eSIIAA/yQLSAA/S27xlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Noble Eightfold Path: Right View, Right Intention, Right Speech, Right Action, Right Effort, Right Mindfulness, Right Concentration, Right Livelihood Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZenForum/ <*> 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/
