On 4/28/05, Ian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What *did* happen to Fudo? Now I kinda miss him. :) hehehehe Looking back > at some of his posts, he actually had some wonderful things to say. Like > this: > > "When you sit down quietly and be in your life right as it is....and attend > to all that > arises, you end up peaceful...aware of the bitter sweet fact that my six > year old daughter will only be six for a year, and then seven. The > innocence that is manifest in her at this moment is going to turn to a > worldly knowledge before my eyes. Each moment including the moment of > death becomes bitter sweet. If my daughters life ends tragically in a > few years I will be devastated,but I will not have to say I missed the > beauty of it. The days of her life like mine and yours are finite and > numbered. It is part of the nature of life that as soon as we are born > we begin to die." > > Ahh Fudo the wise. Now that he is gone, we can properly venerate him. LOL
In Samyutta-nikaya we find the following warning spoken by the Buddha: "Following my death, people will no longer wish to hear and learn my teachings, deep, deep in meaning… dealing with emptiness (shunyata), but will only lend their ear to profane teachings, made by poets, poetical, adorned with beautiful words and syllables." The above specimen of supposed 'wisdom', quoted by Ian (in which the author muses over the fragility of life etc.), is nothing but just another example of a regular, run-of-the-mill sentimental, poetical observation, adorned by beautiful words and syllables. Let's not confuse real wisdom with sentimental slobbering. ------------------------ 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Current Book Discussion: Appreciate Your Life by Taizan Maezumi Roshi 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/
