On Sun, 2005-04-17 at 09:23 -0400, doug rogers wrote: > 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. :-)
One Should be careful when One cites old Sutras..... the practice of medicine was not seen as "right livelihood" in those old writings as medical practioners dealt in poisons and intoxicants and still do...so would modern pharmacy be seen in a strict sense to not be right livelihood? Of course so would modern farming(poisons), entertaining (lying or creating an untruth), sales (making wants seem like needs) ...then of course there are various definitions of intoxication....which might include anything that intoxicates..including anything that attempts to create sexual desire.....producing any entertainment, any fashion (promotes desire) producing make up...cosmetic surgery....art (art is intoxicating if it is any good)...etc etc....then we get to more poisons...biologists, chemists, gardeners (even organic gardeners who use bugs to kill other bugs)......grocers, ..oh and of course any livelihood that deals with any of the above...which is pretty hard in the modern world to find any corporation that does not deal with one of the above in one of its forms ...so working in any corporation or business pretty much is out...name me a job that does not require you to lie or distract or delude at some time...there isn't one..that leaves.....begging. Or one could take a more liberal approach...as most modern Buddhist schools do. ------------------------ 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/
