Guest guest Posted February 2, 2000 Report Share Posted February 2, 2000 Dharma, thanks for reminding of a beautiful teaching, and a touching story. -- Love -- Dan At 05:27 AM 2/2/00 -0500, you wrote: >Dharma <fisher1 > >Hi Antoine, > >>Wich brings this old saying to my mind: >> >>"May the one who has no sins trow the first rock." > >That's not an old saying, my friend. It's a quote from Jesus of Nazareth >in a very specific situation. > >Some people were trying to trip him up and discredit him publicly. >According to one account, he was talking to a crowd at the temple in >Jerusalem when these men came through the crowd, dragging a woman who had >been caught in the act of adultery - there was no doubt that she was >guilty. And the legal punishment was death by stoning, which meant that a >crowd would throw stones at her until she was dead. So these men called on >Jesus as a rabbi to pass judgment on her. > >They thought they had him. There was no right answer. If he told them to >go ahead and kill her, it would be a big switch from the things he'd been >teaching... he would surely be discredited in the eyes of all the people >there. But if he set aside the legal punishment and let her go free, they >would have grounds to bring charges against him. > >His judgment was : "Let him who is without sin among you be the first to >throw a stone at her." > >The oldest man turned and walked away... and slowly, one by one, the rest >of the crowd just left. Finally, only two people were still there... >Jesus and the woman. > >"Woman, where are they?" he asked. "Has no one condemned you?" > >"No one, Lord," she answered. > >And he said, "Neither do I condemn you. Go... and don't sin again." > > > > >--------------------------- ONElist Sponsor ---------------------------- > >To from this mailing list, or to change your subscription >to digest, go to the ONElist web site, at and >select the Member Center link from the menu bar on the left. > >------ > >All paths go somewhere. No path goes nowhere. Paths, places, sights, perceptions, and indeed all experiences arise from and exist in and subside back into the Space of Awareness. Like waves rising are not different than the ocean, all things arising from Awareness are of the nature of Awareness. Awareness does not come and go but is always Present. It is Home. Home is where the Heart Is. Jnanis know the Heart to be the Finality of Eternal Being. A true devotee relishes in the Truth of Self-Knowledge, spontaneously arising from within into It Self. Welcome all to a. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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