Apologies, but this is a bit nonsense. Students are just as much the past
and teachers are just as much the future. Anything else is ageism. We all
have our own lives and burdens to bear without imposing lineage, Dogen or
no - Alan
On Thu, 10 Mar 2005, stan wrote:
> Students work extremely hard too.
>
> Why is it always about the teacher?
>
> Teachers are the past, students are the future. Neither is more
> important than the other to create "now".
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: edBeaty
> To: Shakuhachi@communication.ucsd.edu
> Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2005 9:55 PM
> Subject: Re: [Shaku] SHAKUHACHI FESTIVAL
>
>
> >More thoughts............
> >
> >Re; first calss travel, you want your guests to be in good energy, not
> >jet-lagged, tired, disoriented. They have more extensive demands to cater to
> >than the 'students'.
>
> And the teachers work remarkably hard at their teaching tasks. Please
> note: This is NOT a Zen retreat, but an intensive residential
> workshop. If you want a Zen retreat, it ain't there (not even a
> pretense of it...)
>
> >
> >You get what you pay for.
> >
> >If you don't pay for it there is a real chance you won't value it.
> >
> >These occassions are 'Special', not 'Everyday'.
> >
> >I have a gallery and once thought gallery owners did not earn the commission
> >they take on a sale, well I know this is not the case. A gallery owner has
> >many overheads, rent or purchasee of the space, electricity, rates, wages,
> >advertising, entertainment and years of promoting an artist and developing a
> >clientele.
> >a
> >Celebrate diversity, think how it might be otherwise.
>
> Here, here...
>
> eB
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