From the words of the cook i have learnt how to take care of my life!

[Guest guest]

, "adi_shakthi16"

<adi_shakthi16> wrote:

>

> Prince Hui's cook was cutting up an oxen. Every blow of his hand,

> every heave of his shoulders, every step of his foot, every thrust

of

> his knee, every whshh of the oxen's torn flesh, every chhk of the

> chopper, was in perfect harmony— in rhythm like the dance of the

> Mulberry Grove, simultaneous like the chords of the Ching Shou.

>

> "Well done!" cried the Prince.

> "How did you ever achieve such skill?"

Namaste,

 

A better skill...............ONS..Tony.

 

As Dr.Albert Schweitzer tells us:

 

"I cannot but have reverence for all that is called life.I cannot

avoid compassion for everything that is called life.That is the

beginning of morality.Once a man has experienced it and continues to

do so he/she is ethical.He carries morality within him/her and can

never lose it,for it continues to develop within him.He who has

never experienced this has only a set of superficial principles.

 

These theories have no root in him,they do not belong to him,and

they fall off him......Reverence for life comprises the whole ethic

of love in its deepest and highest sense.It is the source of

constant renewal for the individual and for mankind.(Respect for

life is compassion,which is a prerequisite for understanding.)

 

(Scheitzer pp 116-177) (1)

[Guest guest]

, Harsha <harshaimtm>

wrote:

> Dear Tony,

>

>>

> I also (personally) don't like many of these zen

> stories which involve cutting up animals or the zen

> masters chopping of a cat's head to make their

> disciples enlightened. Such stories make animals as

> objects who can be tortured and killed for the

> "higher" purpose of bringing enlightenment to human

> beings. A questionable approach based upon ignorance

> of the sacredness of life.

 

Namaste H,

 

I have a problem getting my mind around anything like that bringing

enlightenment. For the perpetrator or zen master's level of

compassion and awareness must be quite low, and his ego quite high

and zen is still about the mind anyway. I think in many cases zen or

ch'n is just another word for intellectual games,,Nasrudin is

funnier............ONS...Tony.

[Guest guest]

Well said Harsha. Without a numbed sensitivity it is impossible to

kill an animal which poses no threat.

A course in domestication of "wild" animals might show beyond doubt

that empathy can be attributed not only within one species (like

birds) but crosses the species boundary. When a friend at the beach,

annoyed that the doves eat much of the food destined for turnstones,

decided to chase the doves away, the turnstones reacted as if they

were chased away as well. My approach, to befriend the doves, has

tamed the doves, the wild wood pigeons and the turnstones: the heavy

wood pigeons too jump on my hands for a "VIP" treatment and one

turnstone recently dared to pick cookie crumbs from my shoes. Even an

occasional lizard will wait for a morsel of bread. Of course science,

denying emotions to fish, lizards and birds, cannot explain that but

who cares? Apart from that, the sight and sound of cooing doves,

seemingly tame, rouses the interest of both small children and adults

who know the Eurasian collared dove is wild and efforts to tame, have

failed.

Peace,

Jan

Dear Tony,

Our energetic and graceful Sri Adiji is not at fault

in sharing this as it is considered a classic story

told to students about the power of focus,

concentration, experience, and depth of knowledge that

any master craftsman develops. So the story has a

point that many feel they can ponder to perhaps their

benefit, even though in some ways, you may feel

rightly so that it uses disgusting images of an animal

being chopped up. I do understand where you are coming

from.

I also (personally) don't like many of these zen

stories which involve cutting up animals or the zen

masters chopping of a cat's head to make their

disciples enlightened. Such stories make animals as

objects who can be tortured and killed for the

"higher" purpose of bringing enlightenment to human

beings. A questionable approach based upon ignorance

of the sacredness of life.

Once we accept unnecessary violence as legitimate

towards other forms of life (animals, plants, the

environment), it is a slippery slope. So I can really

appreciate how Tony feels about this.

Love to all

Harsha

> A better skill...............ONS..Tony.

>

> As Dr.Albert Schweitzer tells us:

>

> "I cannot but have reverence for all that is called

> life.I cannot

> avoid compassion for everything that is called

> life.That is the

> beginning of morality.Once a man has experienced it

> and continues to

> do so he/she is ethical.He carries morality within

> him/her and can

> never lose it,for it continues to develop within

> him.He who has

> never experienced this has only a set of superficial

> principles.

>

> These theories have no root in him,they do not

> belong to him,and

> they fall off him......Reverence for life comprises

> the whole ethic

> of love in its deepest and highest sense.It is the

> source of

> constant renewal for the individual and for

> mankind.(Respect for

> life is compassion,which is a prerequisite for

> understanding.)

>

> (Scheitzer pp 116-177) (1)

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