rubiolio wrote: > Well I'm new on this list. > Hi everybody. > But not to lists in general, > and I observe > that there is way more > of the kind of contention > that was complained about > at the beginning of this thread > (or the thread that turned into this) > in lists like this > (not that there is any other list just like this) > than in lists about car repair or stamp collecting > or whatever. > > Andrew
Dear Andrew, Show me a stamp collecting list where someone different comes on every week and claims not only to be the expert on stamp collecting but insist that they invented not only stamp collecting, but stamps themselves and therefor have an exclusive right to arbitrate and evaluate each and every post on the list, and I will show you a stamp collecting list with some contention. Maybe it is due to the nature of this list but we get at least a Buddha a week to kill. You would think at least once in a while one of these so called Buddhas would have the consideration to slink off and feed their carcass to a tiger like the real one did at least once before he woke up and started teaching. We live in a time when we have Zen decorators teaching Zen. Apparently all you need to do is read the zen chapter in your decorating book and you are qualified to teach and interpret the teachings for every one else. When one of these fully qualified decorators comes on we tend to be a bit harsh. We tend to be a bit harsh with everyone who has THE answer at least until they manage to convince us they have any sort of answer at all....if you call yourself a Buddha what would you expect to have happen on a list of a tradition where "If you meet the Buddha on the road, kill him" is an important teaching? We are not talking rocket science here..I mean ......come on ......get a clue. If you pretend to have the answer a Buddha would give...I would duck if I were you. You are on a list of professional assassins assigned to smoke your ass when they see you. .....and it is a surprise?.....maybe they do not cover this kill the Buddha quote in Zen decorating books or something....well a Buddha is supposed to be an awakened one..it seem a bit silly to have to tell them to wake up. Be Well Fudo ------------------------ 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/
