[FairfieldLife] Shikan-taza is NOT Silent Illumination (Mo-Chao)

2014-04-18 Thread emptybill
No one will ever get enlightened although they might get some kind of aufklärung. What is yours will always be yours - what is not yours will never be yours. If you have it, it will be given to you. If you don't have it, it will be taken away from you. Blah Blah. So much for lighten-mint

Re: [FairfieldLife] Shikan-taza is NOT Silent Illumination (Mo-Chao)

2014-04-18 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 4/18/2014 2:54 AM, emptyb...@yahoo.com wrote: So much for lighten-mint So much for your insight - the just sitting in shikentaza IS enlightenment, that's the whole point. Soto Zen Buddhism, shikentaza stresses the principle that every time you apply strenuous effort, you're that much