spider wrote: > What is a sentient being? Yes, I see where you're going with this (or inviting the reader to go with it). -- It's interesting how central the term "sentient being" is and how little it gets defined in Buddhist dictionaries/glossaries, I think.
> Who is being freed from suffering & the > Dharma Wheel? Who indeed! Isn't there a sense in which when one person is freed s/he takes everyone/everything else from people right down to stones along into freedom? (On a smaller level, can't you feel the atmosphere change when someone with a happier/more relaxed/more accepting or sadder/more up-tight/more complaining disposition walks into the room?) James ------------------------ 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/
