RE: Who's Gator?

[Guest guest]

Hello

Gator here… actually it is Robert. I should have

introduced myself before now. Obviously, I am new to this listing,

and which from I am discovering many wonders of Beauty and Love.

Thank you for such a listing J

The “Gator” is kind of a totem of mine who lives in the

pond awaiting morsel’s and wanting to capture the exact moment that

the Lotus blooms. This time of the year there is too much algae and

the Gator uses the nose to push the algae aside and this also

requires the use of nictitating membrane for good vision.

The name of “Gator” was given to me by a Buddhist monk

while I was in Vietnam 1968-70. The monk lived in a crumbling temple

outside of Phan Rang in southern Vietnam. When I first met the monk

he asked where I was from, and when stating that I entered the

military from Jacksonville, Florida, he replied “gator’s.”

The reason I sought out this Buddhist monk was to help me

to understand three small booklets that were given to me at the

airport in Chicago – the B. Gita, Upanishads, and The Dhammapada. I

had no idea of these writings beforehand. When I asked the monk about

these writings, he tapped his chest and told me to read them more than

ten times and meditate (he tapped his chest again) with the heart.

I saw this person one other time and I gave him a sack of

fruit, and he gave me three pieces of paper titled “hsin hsin ming.

Smiles… Robert (Gator)

[Guest guest]

Hey Robert/Gator,

 

Thanks for the beautiful story. It touched my heart. I'm glad you got to

meet the Vietnamese monk. The hsin hsin ming is one of the world's great

scriptures!! You know, those free Buddhist books are here in NY too, they

are beautifully inspired and well chosen. There are several Buddhist

organizations involved in distributing them, and I was so touched and

inpsired that I sought out the organizations, and have pitched in to help

hand them out and even have started to help edit and proofread some in the

translation process from Chinese.

 

Amituofo,

 

--Greg

 

At 10:40 AM 8/16/00 -0500, you wrote:

>>>>

 

Hello

 

Gator here… actually it is Robert. I should have introduced

myself before now. Obviously, I am new to this listing, and which from I am

discovering many wonders of Beauty and Love. Thank you for such a listing J

 

The “Gator” is kind of a totem of mine who lives in the pond

awaiting morsel’s and wanting to capture the exact moment that the Lotus

blooms. This time of the year there is too much algae and the Gator uses

the nose to push the algae aside and this also requires the use of

nictitating membrane for good vision.

 

The name of “Gator” was given to me by a Buddhist monk while I

was in Vietnam 1968-70. The monk lived in a crumbling temple outside of

Phan Rang in southern Vietnam. When I first met the monk he asked where I

was from, and when stating that I entered the military from Jacksonville,

Florida, he replied “gator’s.”

 

The reason I sought out this Buddhist monk was to help me to

understand three small booklets that were given to me at the airport in

Chicago – the B. Gita, Upanishads, and The Dhammapada. I had no idea of

these writings beforehand. When I asked the monk about these writings, he

tapped his chest and told me to read them more than ten times and meditate

(he tapped his chest again) with the heart.

 

I saw this person one other time and I gave him a sack of

fruit, and he gave me three pieces of paper titled “hsin hsin ming.

 

Smiles… Robert (Gator)

<<<<