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

[JKirkpatrick]

US'ers say, when the cat's away the mice do play.
But I've observed that unmouselike mice inhabit Buddha-L. 

Buddhist mice probably would find the rice beer and have a party.
Joanna 

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Sent: Thursday, June 09, 2011 8:20 AM
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Subject: Re: [Buddha-l] Whatever happened to buddha-l?

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
>
> ____________________
>
> Sent: Thursday, June 09, 2011 1:41 AM
>
>
> 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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