Joe, > Racism is NOT one of the policies or behaviors of a Buddha.
I believe I never met any Buddha before, so I don't know. Besides, Racism or not, is a label we give based on convention and it is always subjective to a certain level. In observance to the Precept against "Criticizing others and elevating myself", I'd not comment on the rest :-) Siska -----Original Message----- From: "Joe" <[email protected]> Sender: [email protected] Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2013 06:00:59 To: <[email protected]> Reply-To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Zen] Fw: peek a boo ... Siska, Evidently! But let's see which one of the Buddhist Precepts proscribes it anyhow: Racism is NOT one of the policies or behaviors of a Buddha. I'll lean toward the first Precept as my first guess: "No Killing". There are many ways of killing. Prejudice is one of them, because you screen them out, screen them out of consideration; they are DEAD, to you. This is bad for your own health, because you've just cut off a part of your body. The Precept against "Criticizing others and elevating myself" comes to mind, too, in the same mind-breath. I would say that Racism is not part of Zen, after all, just to indicate that we do not sanction it consciously. But it is part of the Three Poisons. Ignorance, hatred and greed rise endlessly! But Edgar has resolved this for us: it all had to do with rocks that he was carrying in his head. As bad as stones in the bladder?, I guess, but I don't know. Or maybe the Racism is brought on by simple dispepsia. I prescribe Peppermint Tea!, ...but not too steaming hot. Sip. At the first sign of overeating. --Joe > siska_cen@... wrote: > > Joe, > > Racism is part of Zen too, no? ;-) > > Siska
