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#Post(s) in Question
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# What did we talk about?
Ascetism and poverty... Huangbo?
Eating in context.
Is there any standard for greed or gluttony or is it always relative?
Huangbo: 12. Thus, there is sensual eating and wise eating. When the body composed of the four elements suffers the pangs of hunger and accordingly you provide it with food, but without greed, that is called wise eating. On the other hand, if you gluttonously delight in purity and flavour, you are permitting the distinctions which arise from wrong thinking. Merely seeking to gratify the organ of taste without realizing when you have taken enough is called sensual eating.
"Are you cooking a frittata in a saucepan? What is this, prison?" -Schmidt
student poverty - not having a job, monk poverty - not having independence of food, zen master poverty - not having dependence on doctrine or teaching.
purpose of poverty
dependence and when it works/doesn't.
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