On Apr 15, 2005, at 2:22 PM, Ian Johanson wrote:
> What we might consider, instead of saying "Bah. hell realms." or "Bah. > Sutta parroting" or "Bah. [fill in your own Bah.] :) is the central > idea > that acting which inspires passion, inspires aversion, or inspires > delusion... inspires those things. Kind of like, "There is a special place in Hell reserved for people like you." statement. Okay, there is a Karma chain caused, and passion inflamed rather than extinguished. Then, there is for me, issues of attachment to these things. I would have thought that the attachment, the seeking was the problem. But, if they aren't offered, then they aren't so easy to take. Or was the context that it was wrong to entertain the monks suchly? One of those ten precepts days asks us to not watch entertainments. And as an artist and cartoonist, I think about Right Livelihood, and how such Buddhist entertainer folk as Richard Gere or Tina Turner feel about it. :-) There is a crack in everything. That's how the light gets in. __________<http://home.golden.net/~samu>__________ ------------------------ 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/
