I Hope Your Commitment To The Precepts Lasts Longer Than The Pledge You Made To Stop Reponding To Posts On This Thread Unless Asked To Respond. Vows Are Easy To Make But Hard To Keep Arent They? Maybe This Is Why In Soto Practice The Vows Are Repeated Several Times A Day..... Often In Reality They Are Broken Almost As Soon As They Are Uttered, And Need To Be Retaken With Regularity. Just One Way Those Practical Old Zen Monks Adapt Their Ideas About The Precepts To The Reality Of Everyday Life. They Also Hold Regular Services Of Repentance And Recommitment, Because Practical Experience Has Shown That Even With The Best Of Intentions They Are Going To Be Needed. If Any Of Us Were Lost When A Precept Was Broken, The Best Of Us Would Not Last A Day. Perhaps We Could Get Down Off Our High Horse And Get Real About Both The Precepts And Ourselves. Be Well, Fudo
--- Jacqueline <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Going hunting would not cure my anti-hunting philosphy. I've watched,and held the hand/body of both humans and animals as they passed away. I watched them struggle for their last breath and suffer great pain until death. I will pray for the hunters and I will pray for the geese/prey get away. I understand what you are saying, but the next time you take a bite of your kill try and think about it, if it tastes good it tastes good. Transformation comes with practice and guaging my reactions to these words helps. -- In [email protected], "spider" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: "Jacqueline" <Currently I do not know what the next move should be, > and only I can decide. >> > > It is pretty obvious that you need to let go of your attachment to the > anti-hunting philosophy. > > The only way to do that is to go to your local Gun Store and buy a shotgun > or rifle and ask your hunter-friend to take you hunting next time. Kill > yourself some grub. Skin the critter, cut out its guts. Put a stick through > it and cook it over your camp fire. Then eat it, and offer thanks or pray. > Once you have done that, you will be transformed. Noble Eightfold Path: Right View, Right Intention, Right Speech, Right Action, Right Effort, Right Mindfulness, Right Concentration, Right Livelihood Yahoo! Groups Links ------------------ Rev. Fudo Michael Koppang -------------------- This message was sent from a PCS Phone from Sprint. Get a free PCS Mail account! Sign up via the Web Browser on your Sprint Phone or at http://www.sprintpcs.com. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> What would our lives be like without music, dance, and theater? Donate or volunteer in the arts today at Network for Good! http://us.click.yahoo.com/WwRTUD/SOnJAA/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/
