---The consequences of action manifest themselves in the moment
that action is done. However too often we are too close to subject
(ourselves) to see it happening.
A criminal who gets away with a crime spends the rest of his life
looking over his shoulder form that exact moment.
Guy
---So the question remains.
Are you going to change the behavior or continue to revel in it?
Seeing the problem and not taking action is unfortunate.
Guy
In Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com, cid830 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
There you go again, Al... Did you not invite direct email in a
prior
post?
, 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 uerusuboyo@ wrote:
The heart of the subject is the same.
anatmanwave
---Once a Zen monk was weighing flax for sale in the market
Another monk approaches and ask,Show me your Zen.
First monk replies,This flax weighs six pounds
What a direct pointing..Guy
In Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com, anatmanwave [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
---lol,in the cleaning
---Maybe it's not as obvious as I thought.
The monk clearly showed his practice.
Just thought it would supplement the cleaning behind the couch thing
Guy
In Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com, mike brown [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I guess you had to be there...
anatmanwave [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote
---I've taken the time to figure out a few, once you get it it
makes perfect sense. The reason they may seem confusing is they
attempt to break the patterns of logical thought. In Rinzai they
would say use yourHeart mind I believe.
Like with the story of the monk and his flax. The answer isn't
PROTECTED] wrote:
From: anatmanwave ---I've taken the time to figure out a few,
once you
get it it
makes perfect sense.
If they make perfect sense then you are not getting it. It is not
supposed
to make sense or to be logical or to be understandable in any way
that you
can explain with words
If there is something wrong with reality whatever's wrong is not
reality
Just a thesis, but it fels right. guy
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---Ah, now I see.The way of the Samurai(movies) :p Guy
In Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com, Al [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
From: anatmanwave ---And Al, how would you know that?
My study of Zen is limited to Japanese samurai movies and especially
the
Blind Samurai (Zatoichi).
I choose
--- Just be with the smell of shit till i can get off. This is the
reality of the situation. Maybe offer the guy a few kind words, I
could only imagine his mortification. Guy
In Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com, mike brown [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
When the old drunk guy sitting next to you on the
around.
Guy
:)
In Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com, Robert Kirbo zen2wrk@ wrote:
On Thu, 27 Dec 2007 12:34:32 -0800, anatmanwave anatmanwave@
wrote:
---If there is no train what just ran over my foot?
Now there is a foot, too?
I answer in the reletive, you
---Good question. Put me through some real soul searching,lol.
Yes, all beings are inherently awakened. It is more a matter of
wiping away the dust from our eyes than any attainment. Ego deludes
us into a sense of self, but this is an illusion. Dissolving the
self disolves the dust.
So is it
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