[Buddha-l] Whatever happened to buddha-l?

[Ralf Steckel]

Hi Erik,

in Germany we have the saying:

When the cat is away, the mice dance at the table...

Ralf

>Mice may differ in cultural habits. In Holland they say: when the cat's
away, the mice have a party.
I wonder what Buddhist mice might do, have a sesshin perhaps?

erik

Op 09-06-11 16:08, JKirkpatrick schreef:
> A cat simile works just as well, in reverse:
>
> When the cat's away, the mice don't play.
>
> Joanna
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> Homo homini lupus, man a wolf to man. A dog is a civilised wolf.
> The cynics apparently ascribed some civilisation to man when they
> took the dog as the symbol of man living according to his own
> nature. We have to remember of course that dogs at the time where
> not always as nice as they are nowadays. They stole, barked and
> sometimes attacked people.
> Buddha-l is a typical example of modern dog nature: one member of
> the pack howls and the others answer. This time the doggies have
> just been playing some time with there own private bosses and
> forgot about the pack, until one is left alone on the balcony or
> hears a high pitched sound from the radio.
> The thing I like about dogs is that they like to play and are
> very serious about it, almost like Tibetan monks deal with their
> pujas. And compassion is very much part of a dog's way of life:
> licking a stranger's hands just for fun is pretty compassionate.
> Even a dog's tooth can become a Buddhist relic according to a
> famous story. It looks like 'dog' is just a Buddhist word for
> god. Let's get rid of the rinpoches, they are much to expensive
> and all take a puppy.
>
> erik
>
> Op 08-06-11 21:16, Gad Horowitz schreef:
>> How American! Poor doggie...
>>
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