Aaron
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Age : 52
Location: : Connecticut
Registration date : 2007-01-24
 |  Subject: Is a parrot enlightened?  Mon Jul 09, 2007 9:48 pm | |
| Something about this quote struck me and I thought I'd share it... - Quote :
- Not all parrots know what their saying, they just like the sounds they're taught. Even if a parrot did know what it was saying, is it really enlightened enough to teach me anything - especially in my own language?
And as entertaining as it may be, a parrot reciting Buddha is still just a parrot and I would much rather know what IT thought. I can read Buddha anyway. | |
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b1rdman
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Age : 68
Location: : Shreading the paper at the bottom of my cage in Coupeville Wa.
Registration date : 2007-07-23
| | Subject: Re: Is a parrot enlightened? Mon Jul 23, 2007 6:38 pm | |
| - Aaron wrote:
- Something about this quote struck me and I thought I'd share it...
- Quote :
- Not all parrots know what their saying, they just like the sounds they're taught. Even if a parrot did know what it was saying, is it really enlightened enough to teach me anything - especially in my own language?
And as entertaining as it may be, a parrot reciting Buddha is still just a parrot and I would much rather know what IT thought. I can read Buddha anyway. Yes and No. A lot of things that a bird repeats is just a mimic of the sound that the bird has heard. Several species are very good mimics, the best being African Greys, Amazons and Quakers. I own or should I say the property of 6 Quakers. The thing I have learned about the bigger birds, they are a lot more aware than what people will give them credit for. Do they understand what the philosophy means as it is being read. I doubt it but never sell one of these birds short because one day they will surprise you. Curtis | |
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