[Buddha-l] Making a living

[Franz Metcalf]

Weng-Fai et al.,

Sorry to reply so late and so feebly, but I just had to quote you so  
that we might read your words once more:

> a renowned lay preacher (or professor of Buddhism) is different from  
> a monk sweeping the floor in a mountain monastery. I treat them both  
> with respect but of different kinds. Even though the latter may be  
> far less knowledgeable (or even practiced) than the former, while I  
> would warmly shake the hand of the former, I would bow my head to  
> the latter.

And--for reasons I do not understand, but which move me deeply--I bow  
my head to that respect.

Franz