tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741227658356358863.post6203537158798251172..comments2023-09-21T09:49:28.326-07:00Comments on Fierce Dandelions: Idealizing the Spiritual LifeNathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13920234350446745482noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741227658356358863.post-46503100925302291582010-01-03T15:50:03.239-08:002010-01-03T15:50:03.239-08:00Seung Sahn's sense of humor was awesome - I lo...Seung Sahn's sense of humor was awesome - I loved reading his teaching letters.Nathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13920234350446745482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741227658356358863.post-31267133579968682382010-01-03T15:24:05.804-08:002010-01-03T15:24:05.804-08:00Few of us understand what a human being is, and mo...Few of us understand what a human being is, and most of us don't even consider the question. <br /><br />That many of us expect monks to be inhuman, because that's somehow a good thing, indicates something about the person doing the thinking; it has nothing to do with the monk.<br /><br />Having lived with several of them in Zen Centers on both coasts, I am grateful to have known them, Algernonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01698040927871199780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741227658356358863.post-13325812336749654042010-01-02T13:42:45.067-08:002010-01-02T13:42:45.067-08:00Hi,
great comment - I've just spent a month in...Hi,<br />great comment - I've just spent a month in a Buddhist monastery and had a lot of time to think about the way I perceived the monks and nuns who lived there. (no skate-boarders there!)<br /><br />For further reading on this topic, I'd really recommend Sujato's Blog. Bhante Sujato is the abbott of the monastery where I stayed and is very down to earth. Spiritual materialism Sara https://www.blogger.com/profile/12095262161793214914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741227658356358863.post-67797749450566707902009-12-30T23:02:35.989-08:002009-12-30T23:02:35.989-08:00I like that you took on both poles of the duality....I like that you took on both poles of the duality. The logic of Bill Harris and James Arthur Ray and their "Secret" club is the first half (worldliness is ok), but forgetful of the second (and suffering and responsibility are still there too).Duffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08800425116422980923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741227658356358863.post-90112618240751092762009-12-30T19:12:27.772-08:002009-12-30T19:12:27.772-08:00AHA! That lady from the Huffington Post kept on a...AHA! That lady from the Huffington Post kept on asking me what I thought about the skateboarding monk. My reply was "It would have been cooler if it were a pogo-stick"<br /><br />I stand by that comment. Who would be pissed by seeing that sort of thing? It seems so silly to consider mons any different than ourselves. They need to have fun and cut loose too.<br /><br />You go "Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com