tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2070186063250309253.post7076765169071455453..comments2024-03-24T20:41:19.447-05:00Comments on Eagle Peak Blog: Failing to make distinctionsMark Rogowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05176132114346404556noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2070186063250309253.post-83438696167386340852016-02-22T13:18:03.472-06:002016-02-22T13:18:03.472-06:00Through correcting wrong thought, we act as a pare...Through correcting wrong thought, we act as a parent to the offenders and to those whose offenses are slight, the sangha compensates for each others shortcomings:<br /><br />"In one place after another for the sake of living beings they acted as great and good guides and teachers, as great guides and teachers. Because living beings are blind, they knew how to act as eyes for them. For the deaf, the noseless, the dumb they acted as ears, nose, and tongue. Where capacities were lacking or defective, they knew how to supply and mend them; where there was disorder, chaos, and confusion, they brought the great remedy of correct thought." -- Immeasurable Meanings SutraMark Rogowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05176132114346404556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2070186063250309253.post-67542753715573103642016-02-22T11:39:23.619-06:002016-02-22T11:39:23.619-06:00"The mind, the Buddha, and all living beings—..."The mind, the Buddha, and all living beings—these three are without distinction,” so the Buddha meant the total opposite when he made that statement.<br /><br /><br />We extol the virtues of people we like, but speak of others' shortcomings, explaining them clearly and exhaustively, until everyone knows that they have more than just this one shortcoming; they are also flawed in many other ways. It is as if we are afraid that this person's flaws are not clear to everyone. - This was what the Buddha referred to as an afflicion.ohgeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11149247033455268951noreply@blogger.com