so then what would Dharma as our guiding principle tell us to do? Mack
--- In [email protected], Neutral Milk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You need the Dharma as your guiding principle. Just winging it is not > recommended. Gut feel, common sense, 'feel it out' and other nuggets > of wisdom from the folklore are to be avoided at all costs. > > Why do I say that? Because the Buddha had warned us that common sense > people are heading in a ruinous direction. They take what's > detrimental and treat it as if it's something beneficial. They take > what's beneficial, and treat it as if it is something detrimental. > > Sources? You need sources to corroborate this? Here is one: > > "So long as an evil deed has not ripened, the fool thinks it as sweet > as honey. But when the evil deed ripens, the fool comes to grief. " > Dhammapada v.69 > > On 7/13/05, woof puppy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Focus on the present. Tearing at yourself for how you > > SHOULD have behaved is pointless. Even if you come up > > with the perfect way of handling the situation, > > tomorrow is another day, and the exact circumstances > > you encountered are not likely to repeat themselves. > > (Even if Lizard Guy gives you the cold shoulder again, > > it won't be second-for-second the same scene, and in > > dealing with people, timing is everything). That's > > why if you walk into a room expecting your plan to > > read like a script, you're going to walk away > > disappointed, and at a disadvantage to those who were > > winging it. > > > > The only thing to do in a situation like you describe > > is to feel it out. If your thoughts got muddied at > > the time, and you're no good at feeling it out, no > > ammount of dissecting it in hindsight is going to help > > you. The only thing you can do is to get better at > > "feeling it out." The best way to practice that is to > > stay in the moment, as best you can, for as long as > > you can. > > > > Lingering on past failures or shortcomings is not > > going to help you. > > > > > > SPROCKET > > > > > > > > As I drove away from the store, I felt pretty > > > pissed off. > > > > > > > > My questions are: A) Should I have just left the > > > >store after it was apparent the employee had an > > > >attitude? B) Should I have continued talking to > > > >him after he was not responding? C) Should I have > > > >just visualized some peaceful Zen saying and stood > > > >there pleasantly asking over and over again for > > some > > > > help? D) Should I have complained to the manager > > > >(on Monday)? E) Should I have assumed the Lotus > > > >position in the middle of the aisle and begun > > > > chanting sutras (or singing Kumbaya)? > > > > > > > > What do you do? What would you do? > > > > > > > > No flames please. > > > > > > > > Thank you. > > > > > > > > Al > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > > > > Current Book Discussion: Appreciate Your Life by Taizan Maezumi Roshi > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 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/
