tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904219782540965444.post521656805471661777..comments2024-03-14T04:06:54.124-04:00Comments on GENKAKU-AGAIN (adam fisher): the kindness of strangersgenkakuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12135705172119950326noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904219782540965444.post-29855851308271188912010-11-04T15:30:11.313-04:002010-11-04T15:30:11.313-04:00Tullik.
I think that when someone does someting ni...Tullik.<br />I think that when someone does someting nice to you, or you do something nice to someone, then you should get a thank you back. Wheither a smile or a kind word.<br /><br />If a dead Buddha does not manage to say thank you when offered for endlessly, then a living being should be able to.<br /><br />Of course it would be nice and smooth to be kind without any expectation of reward. But we humans need rewards from our fellow humans. It must be like that taking the future in regard.<br /><br />We can namely just not control our life whlile we are asleep and not awakened. We are going to crash one day. Hehe.Mustafanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904219782540965444.post-47913205119871383052010-11-04T15:21:45.269-04:002010-11-04T15:21:45.269-04:00All these kind people are (potential) liars.
Wait ...All these kind people are (potential) liars.<br />Wait for a trouble and these selfish people will lie.<br /><br />Lying is appearently not a problem, since that is how we work as pople. But i don't know how i can deal with a liar. Disgusting.<br /><br />If i would say that i don't mean you by disgusting i would lie here. But i guess i am not selfish.<br /><br />What should come first? Truth then kindness or kindness then truth? I say truth comes first, while hesitating. Haha, i guess the liars won inside my brain.Mustafanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904219782540965444.post-5425322263081392262010-11-04T14:25:35.175-04:002010-11-04T14:25:35.175-04:00PS ...to my comments above....about saying "T...PS ...to my comments above....about saying "Thanks"...i just remembered what Ed Espe Brown said in the "Cooking your Life" documentary about the food offerings to the Buddha and how for years he thought it was a waste of time until he realized the offering was just that.. "an offering", you offer it and the Buddha doesn't say "Thank you....." i guess that's what we have to expect from people....and when we get a "thank you" its a bonus!Tullikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10524256855855014534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904219782540965444.post-37264832150881485442010-11-04T13:21:02.386-04:002010-11-04T13:21:02.386-04:00It's amazing how universal kindness can be. It...It's amazing how universal kindness can be. It knows no bounds of religion. Great story.They call him James Urehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05171585857015973860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904219782540965444.post-55183073956776344362010-11-04T12:46:22.465-04:002010-11-04T12:46:22.465-04:00..this morning i was bemoaning the fact that it is.....this morning i was bemoaning the fact that it is a major challenge getting some people to even acknowledge a "good morning" greeting...or acknowledging when you hold a door open for them.....for them it appears too much effort ....i have often been tempted and close to asking "whats your problem?" but going there may be construed as sign of madness on my part and intimidation; god only knows where it may go from there...better leave sleeping dogs (?) lie? Its affirming to hear, as in your case, people can be nice!Tullikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10524256855855014534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904219782540965444.post-38722523767776221762010-11-04T12:25:34.409-04:002010-11-04T12:25:34.409-04:00Kindness, as natural as rain. And yet these are th...Kindness, as natural as rain. And yet these are the same people who may stab you in the midst of survival, until other is truly self, what pretense is this under yet.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904219782540965444.post-50111167719719090962010-11-04T11:39:06.365-04:002010-11-04T11:39:06.365-04:00We are all pack/herd animals, and unless someone r...We are all pack/herd animals, and unless someone runs up a flag to distinguish them as an "other" pack, same pack is assumed. The race flag is the most obvious, along with accents, but some have taken to heart the story of the good samaritan and make it a point to ignore those flags. When I was young I was told it's impolite to discuss religion or politics or ask ones income. So now I wonder if polite was a euphemism for survival. We cling to self and views. I insist I am not you, I am... And yet, by desiring the same, we are the same. Happiness is possible once the fear is removed, or so I believe. And I'm back at square one, bad buddhist. It seems that trying to understand duality wont eliminate it.olcharliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00309255390011851502noreply@blogger.com