At 07:37 AM 3/23/2008, you wrote: >Marsha, > > I don't know how many sutras exist, but here's >another one that I've currently read half-way through >called Vimalakirti Nirdesa Sutra. What I find >pertinent to this specific sutra is how a layman >teaches highly disciplined Buddhist monks, instead of >the other way around. This clearly outlines how >buddhism is understood by anybody, anywhere, and one >may continually live their life in a zen fashion >(which zen schools find this sutra of particular >interest), have a family, be, well, a laywo/man. I >find this sutra to be very practical, and Amerindian >like. Where Amerindians valued living and >spirituality, they still had families and societies. >The spiritual and practical walked hand and hand. The >metaphysical is lived, not just armchaired in the >extreme thinking of what to do, but never or hardly >being able to do where armchairs say until we all >agree, and then we'll be able to discuss quality - you >know putting quality off without being able to live >quality in the moment. We do much all day and night, >and being able to sincerely live with quality at >interest is genuine. So here's what the sutra is >about in brief form: > >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vimalakirti_Sutra > >SA continues: Here's the Vimalakirti Nirdesa Sutra: > >http://www.empty-universe.com/prajnaparamita/vimalakirti.htm > > >SA continues: This sutra is of the Mayhayana Buddhist >tradition, which as I mentioned in another thread, >Mayhayana professes Buddha Realms, thus, to analogize, >is democratic (not the political party, I'm pointing >to the act of democracy).
Hi SA, Thanks for the information on the Vimalakirti Nirdesa Sutra. It looks very interesting. You mentioned how important it is to live quality in action rather than from the armchair. It reminds me of ZMM when RMP states the difference between experiencing the world within the compartment of a car and on a motorcycle. In a car, "You're a passive observer and it is all moving by you boringly in a frame. On a cycle the frame is gone. You're completely in contact with it all. You're in the scene, not just watching it anymore, and the sense of presence is overwhelming." I think the more you understand, the stronger the calling to experience things deeply. Still being in an upside-down, backwards frame-of-mind, I have decided to read The Platform Sutra first. "... But the nature of reality is simply your own nature." How clear can you get? Gives new significance to the statement originally by the Pythia of Delphi, and later by Socrates, "Know thyself." Nothing wrong with analogizing. Unless, of course, you have chosen the role of Herr Goebbels. But I sense by using the word 'democratic' you understand this. In the other thread, you state that you're schizo. Let see. James Brown was black and proud. SA is schizo and ______? (Fill in the blank.) Dynamic maybe? I think so. quiet, Marsha Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you'll land among the stars... Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
