[MD] doing nothing

[John Carl]

Very nice, Marsha.

As the resident expert on doing nothing, I highly reccomend it!



On Sun, Aug 1, 2010 at 4:40 AM, MarshaV <valkyr at att.net> wrote:

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> FYI.  This interview says some interesting things about the Eastern
> perspective from a Western point-of-view:
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> Rosenberg:   Yes, I think Westerners lack respect for their own
> spiritual maturity. It’s as though Asia owns spirituality, and we’re
> these barbarians, beseeching, “Oh, Bhante, please come over
> and tell us how to live.” But I’ve been to Asia, and they’re just as
> screwed up as we are. And there’s some real wisdom in our
> culture; the West has a tradition, too, of compassion and wisdom.
> And some people who aren’t even religious have it. When I was i
> n Asia I totally did whatever an Asian lay person would do - I have
> the deepest respect for this tradition - but Asia does not have a
> monopoly on kindness. In Asia, being a lay person is - from the
> point of view of meditational practice - considered second-class.
> I personally think that the monastic life does optimize your possibilities
> for breaking through to awakening. But it’s by no means a guarantee.
> Most monasteries are hardly crammed full of enlightened people.
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> http://www.tricycle.com/feature/the-art-of-doing-nothing?offer=dharma
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