Hmm. .... This From The Rush Limbaugh School Of Buddhism? Declare Yourself To Be Excellence In Broadcasting And Then Any Thing You Say Has To Be Excellent. Again The Question Become Since The Definition Of Besotted Is To Be Fooled .... You Can Never Be Sure You Are Not Besotted.... No One Who Is Besotted Thinks They Are Besotted. This Being The Case, How Can Any One Judge Their Own Level Of Intoxication? How Could You Know No Karma Is Being Generated By A Post You Write? Handy But Dangerous To Declare Yourself Sober....especially When You Spend All Day Drinking. --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- Infernal Elk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > >> It means that the person who had composed that > > letter > > >> was not besotted with substantiality while > > composing > > >> it, and consequently his acts didn't result in > > any > > >> karma being produced. > > > > does this apply to all other actions that such a > > person does? i.e., > > if such a one composing a letter with no karmic > > consequences were to > > *send* the letter, would the sending itself produce > > no karma? > > A person who is besotted with substantiality produces > karma in three ways: > > a. by generating thoughts > b. by generating speech > c. by generating deeds/actions > > Anything such a person does produces karma. That > person cannot wiggle out of producing karma in any > way; he is destined to keep producing karma by > engaging in thinking, by engaging in speaking, by > engaging in doing. Only by waking up from the dream of > substantiality can that person cease to produce karma. > This is exactly what happened to Shakyamuni Buddha one > early morn under the boddhi tree. > > If a person is to compose a leter while being free > from the oppression of the illusion of substantiality, > such person would not generate karma. By the same > token, if that same person were to send that letter, > no karma would be produced either, as that person is > free from the illusion of substantiality. And so > forth. > > Alex > > > No karma was produced during the composition of this letter > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Small Business - Try our new resources site! > http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/resources/
__________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Has someone you know been affected by illness or disease? Network for Good is THE place to support health awareness efforts! http://us.click.yahoo.com/UwRTUD/UOnJAA/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/
