Guest guest Posted January 15, 2001 Report Share Posted January 15, 2001 This is one of the great short texts! How great to have known it for 30 years!! Love, --Greg At 10:37 AM 1/15/01 -0600, Skyeryder wrote: >While in S. Vietnam - 1968 -> 1970, I visited a bomb out Buddhist Temple >many times... curious, and needed some explanation, if possible, about many >things, one was those small books given to me at an airport by dudes in >orange robes. Anyway, after taking a big bag of fresh fruit to the monk, he >gave me a tattered booklet by Sengtsan. For the next ten days I will send >what I have prized for over 30 years. > >Smiles... Robert > >By Sengtsan... > > "The Great Way is not difficult for those who have no preferences. When >love and hate are both absent everything becomes clear and undisguised. Make >the smallest distinction, however, and heaven and earth are set infinitely >apart. If you wish to see the truth then hold no opinions for or against >anything. To set up what you like against what you dislike is the disease of >the mind. When the deep meaning of things is not understood the mind's >essential peace is disturbed to no avail." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 16, 2001 Report Share Posted January 16, 2001 On Mon, 15 Jan 2001 10:37:21 Skyeryder wrote: >While in S. Vietnam - 1968 -> 1970, I visited a bomb out Buddhist Temple >many times... curious, and needed some explanation, if possible, about many >things, one was those small books given to me at an airport by dudes in >orange robes. Anyway, after taking a big bag of fresh fruit to the monk, he >gave me a tattered booklet by Sengtsan. For the next ten days I will send >what I have prized for over 30 years. > >Smiles... Robert > Thanks for sharing that text with us. It goes right to the heart of the matter (scrap my post which tried to same the same thing in a stumbling way). I'm looking forward to the next parts of the text. I have always found your story from the search in Vietnam very touching. I looks to me like a natural setting for such a search and you were blessed to meet the monks and have a heart that was open for the messages that they shared. Wonderful ! Love, Amanda. Angelfire for your free web-based e-mail. http://www.angelfire.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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