---Ah, better question. Yes you can practice Zen without offically
becoming a Buddhist. but I wouldn't get so stuck on the semantics.
I am a budhist, I'm not a Buddhist; eh, makes no difference to the
path.
Guy
In Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com, Bill Smart [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Mike and Guy,
From: anatmanwave Yes you can practice Zen without offically
becoming a Buddhist.
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Or maybe the raft fee is $5?
Al [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: anatmanwave Yes you can
practice Zen without offically
becoming a Buddhist.
Don't forget to send me your $5 donation for the I AM A BUDDHIST
membership card.
Let me amend that - a raft disposal collection fee.
Al [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: anatmanwave Yes you can
practice Zen without offically
becoming a Buddhist.
Don't forget to send me your $5 donation for the I AM A BUDDHIST
membership card.
The heart of the subject is the same.
anatmanwave [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ---Same thing, Zen comes from
Chan from the Chinese, they morphed it
from India.
Just a matter of semantics but subject is the same.
Guy
In Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com, Bill Smart [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
What
Mike and Guy, Thank you for your responses.
Let me ask this question a different way:
Can you practice zen without being buddhist? If no, why? If not,
why?
Thanks...Bill!
--- In Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com, mike brown [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The heart of the subject is the same.
Ooops!
That was not a TRICK question. I meant to ask:
Can you practice zen without being buddhist? If NO, why? If YES,
why?
...Bill!
--- In Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com, Bill Smart [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Mike and Guy, Thank you for your responses.
Let me ask this question a
I think one can practice Zen without being a Buddhist because Zen is a
philosophy and not a religion. All one has to do is sit...
- Original Message
From: Bill Smart [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, December 21, 2007 9:31:26 PM
Subject: [Zen] Re: Not Caveat
Hi Bill! (nice to see they let you out on weekends)
It's still a trick question of sorts (whether intentional or not) because
ultimately it will lead to a pardox (zen and buddhism are the same, but not).
In that sense, I believe zen is different because zen goes beyond the question
and
