>Be that as it may, I sometimes think it's worth the >trouble to nudge someone. So, I did nudge the 'no I am bound by circumstances to check my mail over two machines, so, unfortunately, I still hear Alex babbling about what he knows, without truly knowing what others understand:
>original cause' practitioner. I erroneously thought >that, since he's already made progress to the point of >being able to see the lack of the concept of birth >(i.e. the birthlessness), it shouldn't be a big >stretch for him to see/realize that all the remaining >things are equally illusory. Well, Doh..... such a master you are..... >Of course, experience teaches us that in 9,999,999 out >of 10,000,000 cases, the student freaks out upon >hearing about shunyata. Which is exactly what happened >here with this practitioner. Truly your head is so far up your ass, you can't see except what you know. > Now, I've ended up on his >black list, I have deeply offended him, and he >despises me beyond words. Contrarily, I wish you great compassion, and hope you can find a teacher who will bring some humanity to your understanding. >That, of course, is a regular occurrence in the >workaday Buddhist teaching practice -- people resent >you when you burst their bubble. Your comments were irrelevant and unnecesary posing. Those were your own bubbles you thought you were bursting. >But, it's always worth a try, because once in every >ten million cases, genuine breakthrough occurs, and >then the student astonishes the heaven and shakes the >hundred worlds and makes them tremble! Been there, done that. Made my own t-shirt. >As for the others (the innocent bystanders), don't >worry about them -- they haven't got even the >slightest clue what had just transpired here. Just because your child has stood up and taken a few steps, you would give him the keys to the car, rather than putting up gates at the stairs. > <http://home.golden.net/~samu> < > There's a crack in everything. That's how the light gets in. < ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Would you Help a Child in need? It is easier than you think. Click Here to meet a Child you can help. http://us.click.yahoo.com/0Z9NuA/I_qJAA/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/
