--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <jstein@...> wrote: Judy: > Anybody see anything *just* a touch incongruous about the > last sentence in the bio, given the two paragraphs that > precede it?
ME: Very funny catch. > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <vajradhatu@> wrote: > > > > http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=70,419,0,0,1,0 > <snip> > > The study of this sort of history enables us to develop a > > profound understanding of who we are and how we got to be > > in the position we find ourselves today. It also gives us > > a connection with our fellow beings and brings us the > > realization that we are not isolated individuals on a > > mission for personal salvation, but instead presents us > > with the vista of all of us together, as a community, > > engaged in the endeavor of building an alternative circle > > of societal healing. > > > > It is through the big picture perspective, and the > > adoption of a long range, a thousand year view, what > > indigenous people of America call "the seven generations," > > that we can fully develop an understanding of our true > > nature. Our intrinsic, true nature reveals us as > > individuals and as a community of people actively walking > > together on the path of a fully awakened state of mind. > > > > ---------------------------------- > > > > Ven. Kobutsu Malone, zenji is an American Rinzai Zen > > Buddhist Priest of the Gempo-Soen-Eido lineage. He > > currently lives in a remote village on the coast of Maine. > > Anybody see anything *just* a touch incongruous about the > last sentence in the bio, given the two paragraphs that > precede it? >
