Joe, You sure always have a lot to say for someone who doesn't want to say a lot.
I appreciate plants being sentient because it seems to me that they have senses and can experience. ...Bill! --- In [email protected], "Joe" <desert_woodworker@...> wrote: > > Bill!, > > I won't say. > > My point about hearing about them at the end of sesshin in this way is that > it is just so welcome, and so unexpected (except after the first 45 or 50 > sesshin attended), that it arouses laughter, in what has for seven solid days > been (usually) a pretty solemn and silent atmosphere. Wonderful. > > If they're not sentient, they *are*, when we snicker and smile about them, in > deepest and lightest lively appreciation. ;-) > > Share with us how you appreciate them to be sentient. Surely they "trope" > toward the sun, and clearly have a Life, and die. And then their husks "live > on". I've sometimes been as impressed with the life of a pile of dry sticks > as I have been with a hale and green-leaf standing Maple. > > --Joe > > > "Bill!" <BillSmart@> wrote: > > > > Joe, > > > > Plants, such as bushes and grasses, are sentient beings. Do you think > > otherwise? > > > > ...Bill! > > > > "Joe" <desert_woodworker@> wrote: > > > > > > Edgar, Bill!, All, > > > > > > I won't say yes, I won't say no. > > > > > > But just to note that... > > > > > > ...at the close of sesshin in the Diamond Sangha, there is a closing > > > ceremony, and the Ino intones a Dedication (I've added my emphasis as > > > all-caps, and preceding and leading stars): > > > > > > In the purity and clarity of the Dharmakaya, > > > in the fullness and perfection of the Sambogakaya, > > > in the infinite variety of the Nirmanakaya, > > > we dedicate our sesshin and our reciting > > > of Maka Hannya Haramita Shin Gyo- to: > > > > > > The Ancient Seven Buddhas, Dai Osho-, > > > Shakyamuni Buddha, Dai Osho-, > > > All Founding Teachers, past, present, future, Dai Osho-; > > > > > > *AND FOR THE ENLIGHTENMENT OF BUSHES AND GRASSES* > > > and the many beings of the world; > > > > > > All Buddhas throught space and time; > > > all Bodhisattvas, Mahasattvas; > > > the great Prajna Paramita. > > > > > > --Joe > > > > > > PS At that happy-sad moment, many people hearing the emphasized line > > > will bubble out in laughter, and smile... even the Ino. It's great. > > > > > > > Edgar Owen <edgarowen@> wrote: > > > > > > > > Bill, > > > > > > > > Buddha Nature... is THE ONLY substance of reality because it is being > > > > or existence itself. > > > > > > ------------------------------------ Current Book Discussion: any Zen book that you recently have read or are reading! Talk about it today!Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zen_Forum/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zen_Forum/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> 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/
