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Grex Scruples Item 111: The Monks and Your Child
Entered by popcorn on Sat Jun 10 12:53:03 UTC 1995:

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#1 of 15 by zook on Sun Jun 11 19:38:04 1995:

I tell them to go fly a kite.  (If I were interested in Buddhism, I would
be honored by their request.  If I were very poor, I might go along with
their request [to see my child get a decent education], especially if the
offer were accompanied by $$$)

#2 of 15 by marian on Mon Jun 12 15:08:48 1995:

 i would be flattered, but follow my gut instinct.  they could be kidnappers,
 after all, just pretending  to be perfect.  but as far as education goes, do
 we really know how good tibeten monks are at trig? :)

#3 of 15 by madpoet on Sun Jul 23 08:46:49 1995:

Ask the monks to recite the Heart Sutra and see if my kid knows it
and starts chanting along. If he does, we're off to Bhutan! If he doesn't,
try other such tests...reincarnated masters always remember some fragments
of their previous lives. If the monks don't know the Heart Sutra, then
they're not monks...they're child molesters in big yellow hats.

#4 of 15 by marian on Fri Jul 28 15:50:04 1995:

 :)  good one!

#5 of 15 by popcorn on Mon Jul 31 14:21:28 1995:

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#6 of 15 by marian on Wed Aug 9 16:47:43 1995:

this isn't the same as _little buddha_ with keanu reeves, is it?  we have that
at blockbuster...

#7 of 15 by popcorn on Thu Aug 10 12:31:34 1995:

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#8 of 15 by madpoet on Fri Aug 18 09:12:10 1995:

Popcorn, are you a buddhist by any chance? Just curious...

#9 of 15 by popcorn on Fri Aug 18 13:18:29 1995:

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#10 of 15 by marian on Sat Aug 19 07:42:12 1995:

i can reant it for free, if anyone wants to visit me in richmond on a weekend.
:)

#11 of 15 by christ on Sat Aug 19 12:03:15 1995:

  HERETICS!  I am the one and only trinity! YOU SHOULD ALL KNOW I'M SENDING
YOU TO HELL!  You wonder how I know so much about you and then have
unscrupulous responses like these!  I THUMP you with the bible! TO HELL!!!!
AAGAGAGAGAGGAGAGHHHHHHH!.

#12 of 15 by canis on Sat Aug 19 12:49:32 1995:

Thats, funny, that isn't what christ would've said..

#13 of 15 by jazz on Wed Aug 30 07:31:46 1995:

 
        Depends on how dogmatic they are.  
 
        I'd probably recite an old koan about the five flavours of Zen and
the one flavour of Zen ... meaning the whole concept of "a Buddhist 
education" is about as Buddhist as the concept of Christian idol-worship.

#14 of 15 by ewhisam on Thu Dec 28 04:03:24 1995:

I am grateful for the honor they wish to bestow upon my child however they
must understand that the beliefs of the father should be passed on to the son
and I am not a Buddhist but a Christian of the Episcopalian denomination

#15 of 15 by mrhappy on Fri Dec 25 18:44:26 1998:

First,I must say that Christ is as wacky as ever,although I think he just had
an embolism.Were I approached by monks in such a manner,The first thing I
would do is nearly piss myself with laughter-the irony alone would nearly
rupture my abdominal wall.I would then deny them-life is the best
teacher,especially in buddhism.Then,I would call them silly monks,and tell
them to keep in touch,and have them over for the holidays.

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