[Buddha-l] The Slow Movement

[Richard Hayes]

On Aug 9, 2009, at 11:21 AM, Katherine Masis wrote:

> http://slowdownnow.org/

Gracias. My totemic animal is the sloth. (The coyote is only the totem  
of my Shadow.) Ever since I can remember I have been a slow reader, a  
slow writer, a slow talker, and a slow thinker. It took me nine years  
to get a BA and another ten to get a more advanced degree. As a  
practiced and unrepentant procrastinator, I was delighted to take a  
superficial look at the website you brought to our attention. I plan  
to explore it more throughly within the next year or so. I'm convinced  
the world would be a much better place if people could learn to sit  
down and watch the grass grow.

If Buddhism is done quickly, it's not Buddhism at all. For a couple of  
decades now I've been meaning to denounce the doctrine of sudden  
enlightenment. The very idea is a total crock. But I reckon the world  
can wait for yet another pointless denunciation.

hasta mañana,
Richard