It's like a Zen koan: [image: Inline image 1]
"Gutei raised his finger whenever he was asked a question about Zen. A boy attendant began to imitate him in this way. When anyone asked the boy what his master had preached about, the boy would raise his finger. Gutei heard about the boy's mischief. He seized him and cut off his finger. The boy cried and ran away. Gutei called and stopped him. When the boy turned his head to Gutei, Gutei raised up his own finger. In that instant the boy was enlightened. When Gutei was about to pass from this world he gathered his monks around him. `I attained my finger-Zen,' he said, `from my teacher Tenryu, and in my whole life I could not exhaust it.' Then he passed away." On Tue, Jan 14, 2014 at 3:32 PM, Share Long <[email protected]> wrote: > > > That's interesting, Richard because Maharishi explains Purusha as infinite > silence and Prakriti as infinite dynamism. > > > > On Tuesday, January 14, 2014 12:10 PM, Richard J. Williams < > [email protected]> wrote: > > On 1/14/2014 10:40 AM, [email protected] wrote: > > you know more about Zen than I do but do you know more than Empty? > > > > Actually if you know about TM you already know quite a bit about Zen > practice. In Zen terms, having a pure mind simply means realizing one's > true nature. > > But, it looks like "Empty" is kind of confused about the "emptiness" part, > judging by what he posts here. For example he didn't seem to realize the > difference between basic Buddhist tantra and Hindu tantra. Everyone knows > that the term "shakti" isn't even used n Tibetan Buddhism. In the > male-female polarity symbolism of Tibetan Buddhism, the female aspect is > the wisdom aspect and the male aspect is the active. In > > "The source is the pure Mind before it gets stirred up or begins to > vibrate in the form of a thought." > > The Zennist: > February 28, 2007 > http://tinyurl.com/77d24tu > > > >
