--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], "Sebastian Ortiz Duran Gochicoa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have trouble in seeing liberating all beings as an > obligation. Nobody is holding you to it. It's something you just want to > do. It's a necessary consequence of being free. Maybe a new word is in > order...
I think responsibility is the right word. Obligation may not be, especially if one thinks of it as something imposed from the outside. Classically speaking, however, we are naturally obliged to save other beings because we have attained enlightenment because of them, so we owe them. All our virtues depend on others. How could we develop patience if not for those who bugged the shit out of us? How could we practice generosity if there were none to give to? Etc. So I think basically we agree. We rejoice in our ability to respond (respond+ability). =)< Ryunen > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ 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/
