Yes, that idea of what enlightenment is, or what an enlightened being is stands in your way.
Genryu ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alex Bunard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, December 29, 2004 1:11 PM Subject: Re: [Zen] Alex's School > Simple. The less a person tends to complain, the more > advanced in the spirtual practice that person is. If a > person with less propensity for complaining arrives, > I'll bow out and ask that person to teach us. > > My spiritual practice allows me to lessen my > propensity for complaining (which used to be enormous > to begin with). A fully enlightened person couldn't > find any reason to complain about anything, even if > his very life depended on it. He just simply can't > complain. In that, fully enlightened people are > inferior to us, regular dudes, because they are > handicaped, they lack something we all have. > > Right now, I know for a fact that I'm not fully > enlightened, because I feel compelled to complain > about the horrendous amount of suffering imposed on > millions of humans in the Indian Ocean region. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> It is better to give.... Especially when giving to a child in poverty. Click here to meet a child you can help. http://us.click.yahoo.com/uq3f6C/hJlJAA/i1hLAA/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/
