Re: FW: RE: [Zen] Cause-and-Effect

2013-03-31 Thread uerusuboyo
Bill!, br/br/There are many different terms for the same thing. The most well known in the Buddhist lexicon is 'dependent origination', but equally you might come across 'dependent arising', inter pendent co-arising, 'conditioned arising' and other such terms. They just mean that everything

[Zen] Re: knowing

2013-03-31 Thread Joe
Merle, Buddha might not answer that question. No, actually he did. He calls it the Dharma. We have to suppose he went through a rather quick version of it. But he was an advanced student. He awakened suddenly upon seeing the Morning Star ...as we awaken suddenly if we have a good teacher.

Re: [Zen] Cause-and-Effect

2013-03-31 Thread Joe
Bill!, As Philosophy students, we would sometimes joke: So, are YOU the solipsist responsible for all this? So I ask you, Bill!: Are YOU the solipsist responsible for all this? ;-) --Joe PS Holiday greetings. Bill! BillSmart@... wrote: Edgar, I had to look up 'solipsism' to be sure

Re: [Zen] Cause-and-Effect

2013-03-31 Thread mike
Joe, I hope he takes responsibility because when he goes we all go. --- In Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com, Joe desert_woodworker@... wrote: Bill!, As Philosophy students, we would sometimes joke: So, are YOU the solipsist responsible for all this? So I ask you, Bill!: Are YOU the

Re: [Zen] Cause-and-Effect

2013-03-31 Thread Bill!
Ha! Yeah...you better WATCH OUT! Your very existence is dependent upon me, you know...;) ...Bill! --- In Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com, mike uerusuboyo@... wrote: Joe, I hope he takes responsibility because when he goes we all go. --- In Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com, Joe

Re: [Zen] Cause-and-Effect

2013-03-31 Thread Joe
Bill!, I've seen you put it like this several times before, and I think you are being a little amiss in how you're saying one small part of this. I don't think you mean the concept doesn't exist out there. I think you mean a kind of functioning that results in what looks to us like cause

Re: [Zen] Cause-and-Effect

2013-03-31 Thread Joe
Mike, Bill!, Yes, Bill!(!): you hear that? Please take VERY good care of yourself! (and your realization). (but that's a greeting that Zen people have given each other for centuries; maybe now we know why?) Take care, --Joe mike uerusuboyo@... wrote: Joe, I hope he takes

Re: [Zen] knowing

2013-03-31 Thread Merle Lester
knowing..merle   I don't know Merle, do you? Siska From: Merle Lester merlewiit...@yahoo.com Sender: Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com Date: Sat, 30 Mar 2013 20:35:05 -0700 (PDT) To: Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.comZen_Forum@yahoogroups.com ReplyTo:

Re: FW: RE: [Zen] Cause-and-Effect

2013-03-31 Thread Bill!
Mike, Thanks for your efforts in providing me this description and link. On one hand this sounds to me not much different than the usual concept of cause-and-effect except it is more inclusive. It doesn't just ascribe a causal relationship between two events, or a combination of events to

Re: [Zen] Cause-and-Effect

2013-03-31 Thread Bill!
Joe, IMO all concepts (like cause-and-effect) are illusory. The 'exist' in the same way all illusions 'exist'. The are created by us (humans, and maybe other rational beings too)and superimposed on experience. I assume we do this because it gives us a sense of order and therefore control

Re: FW: RE: [Zen] Cause-and-Effect

2013-03-31 Thread uerusuboyo
br/Bill!,br/br/I think the first thing that I have to make clear is that I'm not talking about 'Buddhism'. I'm following the Buddha Dharma and let's not forget that the last words of Buddha were to investigate for yourself his teachings. I'm not following dogma, but the things I've experienced

Re: FW: RE: [Zen] Cause-and-Effect

2013-03-31 Thread Bill!
Mike, IMO when you talk about things such as 'dependent arising' or 'Buddha Dharma' or anything from the Sutras you are talking about Buddhism not zen. Zen is only concerned with realizing Buddha Nature. Nothing more, and all of these other things have absolutely nothing to do with Buddha

Re: FW: RE: [Zen] Cause-and-Effect

2013-03-31 Thread uerusuboyo
Bill!,br/br/Ahh, here we go again! I notice you wrote that I'm talking about Buddhism not zen [lower case 'z']. This is *your* idiosyncratic interpretation and is out of step with every writer on the subject including all the Patriarchs and Dogen. Lower case zen is not something outside of Zen

Re: [Zen] nut job

2013-03-31 Thread Edgar Owen
Merle, Yes, that's why medical malpractice and mistakes are THE 4TH LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH in the US Edgar On Mar 30, 2013, at 11:31 PM, Merle Lester wrote: joe..doesn't the doctor call it a medical practise...they do here...merle Dear Merle, Doc wants to practice medicine

Re: [Zen] Re: knowing

2013-03-31 Thread Edgar Owen
Interesting. Thanks Bill.. Edgar On Mar 31, 2013, at 1:06 AM, Bill! wrote: Edgar, Using Bing I researched several references. One was http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Know_thyself . ...Bill! --- In Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com, Edgar Owen edgarowen@... wrote: Bill,

Re: [Zen] Cause-and-Effect

2013-03-31 Thread Edgar Owen
Mike, This is largely correct and pretty well stated. The best model is that the world of forms is analogous to a computer in which the laws of nature compute the states of nature, both being information forms, just as computer software and data are information forms. Just as a computer

[Zen] The error of Bill's solipsism

2013-03-31 Thread Edgar Owen
Bill, You believe that illusion, by your definition the world of forms that follows logical rules, arises or exists only in the mind. This is incorrect because it assumes a dualism of mind versus an external world. This dualism DOES NOT EXIST. Thus the world of forms CANNOT be said to exist

Re: [Zen] Cause-and-Effect

2013-03-31 Thread Edgar Owen
Bill, The world of forms is the manifestation of the reality of Buddha Nature. The mind creates an additional set of forms which is an internal MODEL of the external world of forms. One needs to clearly understand which forms are in the mind (our cognitive model of the world) and which in the

Re: [Zen] Cause-and-Effect

2013-03-31 Thread uerusuboyo
Edgar, br/br/I'm not surprised.br/br/Mikebr/br/br/Sent from Yahoo! Mail for iPhone

Re: FW: RE: [Zen] Cause-and-Effect

2013-03-31 Thread Bill!
Mike, Many patriarchs do write from a Buddhist point of view, but you only have to open any book recording koans or mondos to find zen discussed and communicated with no reference to Buddhism or even Buddha. Even holding up a turnip is can be a demonstration. It's not a matter of finding

Re: [Zen] Cause-and-Effect

2013-03-31 Thread Bill!
Mike and Edgar, I don't think either of you can even imagine how completely nauseating Edgar's comparison of reality and a computer's operating system is to me. It's got to be the ultimate in human hubris and anthropomorphism. ...Bill! --- In Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com, Edgar Owen

Re: [Zen] Cause-and-Effect

2013-03-31 Thread Edgar Owen
Bill, As usual you've got your understanding backwards. Computers work and software works PRECISELY because the underlying logical system of computer logic mirrors that of reality. That is the only way they could do what they do. They both use essentially the same rules of logic. So if the

[Zen] Re: The error of Bill's solipsism

2013-03-31 Thread Bill!
Edgar, Edgar, Edgar... I'm not going to spend a lot of time trying to win you over but will respond just to make sure others that read these posts know you are misrepresenting my previous posts - as usual. --- In Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com, Edgar Owen edgarowen@... wrote: Bill, You believe

Re: [Zen] Cause-and-Effect

2013-03-31 Thread Bill!
Edgar, Rubbish, all rubbish no matter how many times you post it...Bill! --- In Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com, Edgar Owen edgarowen@... wrote: Bill, The world of forms is the manifestation of the reality of Buddha Nature. The mind creates an additional set of forms which is an internal MODEL

Re: [Zen] Cause-and-Effect

2013-03-31 Thread Bill!
Edgar, Digital computers do operate on a very simple form of logic. What they are not is a model of reality (I've never heard anyone claim that before) or even a model of how humans think (I've heard that before). They are a model of how we think we think. ...Bill! --- In

Re: FW: RE: [Zen] Cause-and-Effect

2013-03-31 Thread Chris Austin-Lane
Or as I like to point out the answer to Why? Is invariably the entire history of the universe till now. Why is generally not a useful question. Thanks, --Chris 301-270-6524 On Mar 30, 2013 11:03 PM, uerusub...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: Bill!, There are many different terms for the same thing.

Re: [Zen] Cause-and-Effect

2013-03-31 Thread Edgar Owen
Bill, It's rubbish only because you trash it in your mind. It's a tremendous shame you aren't able to receive this teaching. If you could you'd realize Zen mind 24/7 instead of the only 3 hours a week you say you do now... Edgar On Mar 31, 2013, at 10:43 AM, Bill! wrote: Edgar,

Re: [Zen] Cause-and-Effect

2013-03-31 Thread Edgar Owen
Chris, Exactly! The current state of the world of forms is the computational result of an immense network of cause and effect going back to the big bang Aristotle was I think the first who recognized the several different categories of cause; such as proximate cause, necessary cause,

Re: [Zen] nut job

2013-03-31 Thread Joe
Edgar, Merle, So say the Attorneys' statistics! ;-) Oh ...did they slip and mean that lawyer malpractice is the fourth leading cause of death? Or is it the third? Be healthy, stay legal, --Joe PS Easter levity. Sorry, lawyers. Edgar Owen edgarowen@... wrote: Merle, Yes, that's

Re: [Zen] Cause-and-Effect

2013-03-31 Thread Joe
Edgar, Edgar insisted: Understanding this mechanism is essential to Zen because only thus can one realize 'the true nature of things'. Falsity, and a disservice to readers. That's NOT how it happens. Just ask Bill!(!) This is where you differ from people who have progressed in practice to

[Zen] Re: The error of Bill's solipsism

2013-03-31 Thread Joe
Edgar, Here again is the key to the falsity of your unfounded and non-experiential, thought-built phantasms, your claims, claims that our experience in awakening and afterwards do NOT support: Edgar writes exactly errantly: It is true that in meditation consciousness temporarily can turn

Re: FW: RE: [Zen] Cause-and-Effect

2013-03-31 Thread Joe
Chris, Now, now. Don't be blinded by your vision. You've just ANSWERED why it is not a useful question. --Joe Chris Austin-Lane chris@... wrote: Or as I like to point out the answer to Why? Is invariably the entire history of the universe till now. Why is generally not a useful question.

Re: [Zen] Cause-and-Effect

2013-03-31 Thread Joe
Edgar, *You're* the trash merchant. The realization is not in the sitting. No WONDER you flunked out. Drop-out! Your mousey attempts at forging your own G.E.D. are glaringly obvious compensation attempts. I have no sympathy for them. I don't fault you in washing out, no; I fault you for

Re: [Zen] Cause-and-Effect

2013-03-31 Thread Edgar Owen
Joe, True I never joined the yam leaf sect of Zen, but certainly never flunked or dropped out of any. That's a delusion your mind seems to have created as a desperate crutch for your ego. Far far from Zen I fear So no I don't have an inscribed yam leaf diploma hanging on my wall as I'm

Re: [Zen] Cause-and-Effect

2013-03-31 Thread Joe
Edgar, OK, because when I asked you if you had practiced formally, you never replied. This seemed a fig-leaf for failure or prevarication. You might still make good, and you have the floor. --Joe Edgar Owen edgarowen@... wrote: Joe, True I never joined the yam leaf sect of Zen, but

[Zen] realisation

2013-03-31 Thread Merle Lester
   big bang theory..and it's only a theory... there was life before the big bang.. that's just a part of the equation of life..which is endless... just as time is timeless... and as zen is realisation chattering and nit picking won't get you there... if you don't know and don't

[Zen] rational behaviour

2013-03-31 Thread Merle Lester
 group...much of being human is about feelings..most of the time folk act on their feelings... thinking rationally is in the too hard basket for many..if we did the world would not be in the mess it is now... and don't tell me to spell it out...merle   Edgar, Digital computers do operate on

Re: [Zen] Re: The error of Bill's solipsism

2013-03-31 Thread Merle Lester
 tis not chattering that will get you there ...be attentive and alert daily walking and talking in the WAY...merle Bill, You believe that illusion, by your definition the world of forms that follows logical rules, arises or exists only in the mind. True. This is incorrect because it

[Zen] REALISATION

2013-03-31 Thread Merle Lester
 yes yes yes...REALISATION IS THE KEY!..MERLE   Bill, You believe that illusion, by your definition the world of forms that follows logical rules, arises or exists only in the mind. This is incorrect because it assumes a dualism of mind versus an external world. This dualism DOES NOT EXIST.

Re: [Zen] Re: knowing

2013-03-31 Thread Merle Lester
 he realised..without realising the experience is worthless..merle.   Buddha didn't 'know', he EXPERIENCED what we now call Buddha Nature on the morning of the 40th day he sat under the Bodhi Tree - or so the story goes... ...Bill! --- In Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com, Merle Lester

Re: [Zen] knowing

2013-03-31 Thread Merle Lester
 siska... because you asked what knowing was?...merle   Merle, what made you think I was telling you that all I know had been taught by someone else? Siska From: Merle Lester merlewiit...@yahoo.com Sender: Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com Date: Sat, 30 Mar 2013

Re: [Zen] hand up!

2013-03-31 Thread Merle Lester
 no..i am not saying that...you are siska...are you?..merle   Merle, are you saying that I'm not using my heart? Siska From: Merle Lester merlewiit...@yahoo.com Sender: Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com Date: Sat, 30 Mar 2013 20:33:40 -0700 (PDT) To:

[Zen] Pincher Martin -

2013-03-31 Thread Merle Lester
hands up who's read this book?... merle http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pincher_Martin merle those who know.. realise

[Zen] Reality and Consciousness:

2013-03-31 Thread Merle Lester
  http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~sai/prussell.htm merle those who know  that enough is enough  will always have enough  ~~ lao tzu

[Zen] yam leaf diploma

2013-03-31 Thread Merle Lester
edgar.. many cling and clutch to their yam leaf diploma ... that is their way of knowing they have somehow made it...  it happens in all human activities..the clutching and clinging...and bloody preaching!.. merle   Joe, I lived in Japan 3 years. During that time I sought out and

[Zen] Re: realisation

2013-03-31 Thread Joe
No, Merle. No. It REMAINS a theory because of the evidence in support of it. If it were refuted, it would not still be in contention. --Joe Merle Lester merlewiitpom@... wrote:  big bang theory..and it's only a theory... Current Book Discussion:

Re: [Zen] knowing

2013-03-31 Thread siska_cen
No Merle, I didn't ask you what knowing was. I asked whether there is any wisdom in the born knowing? You suddenly jumped to conclusion that I said everything I know had been taught by someone else. Siska -Original Message- From: Merle Lester merlewiit...@yahoo.com Sender:

Re: [Zen] hand up!

2013-03-31 Thread siska_cen
Merle, Am I or am I not? Are you or are you not? Siska -Original Message- From: Merle Lester merlewiit...@yahoo.com Sender: Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com Date: Sun, 31 Mar 2013 15:01:10 To: Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.comZen_Forum@yahoogroups.com Reply-To: Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re:

[Zen] Re: The error of Bill's solipsism

2013-03-31 Thread Joe
Dear merle, Even if we're there we may still want to talk about it. You visit London, and chat with someone on a bridge there about the beautiful and historic sights. They say to you: Now, now, you're here already! What do you want to TALK about it for? The fact is, people want to talk

[Zen] Re: knowing

2013-03-31 Thread Joe
Merle, Why such a broken record in the age of the CD-ROM? (is it still?). You may be the fist human in 2500 years to do it yourself, I don't know. Buddha wore out 5 teachers before he opened his eyes on Venus. But *do-it-yourself* in the presence of a good teacher, and you'll be safer, and

[Zen] Re: Pincher Martin -

2013-03-31 Thread Joe
Merle, Why? Tell us what the book is to you. This is a Forum, not a gallery. --J. Merle Lester merlewiitpom@... wrote: hands up who's read this book?... merle Current Book Discussion: any Zen book that you recently have read or are reading! Talk

Re: [Zen] Cause-and-Effect

2013-03-31 Thread Joe
Edgar, Thank you for the write-up. It must have been a great time in your formative young-adult years. I don't see that you stayed for long with any one teacher, or even any one thing. You do not emphasize any. You may have had a survey-course excursion in those years of various offerings,

[Zen] Re: yam leaf diploma

2013-03-31 Thread Joe
Merle, O, give it up all, you ego-attached miserables. You cannot do it. Impossible. That's where practice comes in. That baggage, and other baggage, can dissolve. When it dissolves suddenly, you come to see in subsequent days and weeks how you can live without all those habits and

Re: FW: RE: [Zen] Cause-and-Effect

2013-03-31 Thread uerusuboyo
Chris, br/br/Which is also similar to Carl Sagan's point about needing to go all the way back to the Big Bang to make the ingredients to make an apple pie.br/br/Mikebr/br/br/Sent from Yahoo! Mail for iPhone

Re: FW: RE: [Zen] Cause-and-Effect

2013-03-31 Thread uerusuboyo
Bill!,br/br/I think I'm starting to understand where our paths cross in all this (I hope!). Traditional Buddhism uses the sutras and teachings (most notably The Four Noble Truths and the Eight-Fold Path) to Liberation. Zen views these methods as potential hindrances to Awakening (being the

FW: RE: [Zen] Re: The error of Bill's solipsism

2013-03-31 Thread Joe
Dear Mike, I'll humbly assume you mean yours is like Master Guo Jun's. The Light is not missing! ;-) ;-) Take good care of your realization ...as we say in the Zen tradition. (though I spell realization funny, here; goes with the [USA] territory) rgds, --Joe From: uerusuboyo@...

Re: FW: RE: [Zen] Cause-and-Effect

2013-03-31 Thread Joe
Mike, I'd still say that each approach is complete in itself: it took hundreds of years and many generations to become so; and become so finely tuned. And I'd still say that I see no reason to mix them. That is, *in any one teaching occasion*. Like a retreat. I doubt that Subhana in her

Re: FW: RE: [Zen] Cause-and-Effect

2013-03-31 Thread Bill!
Chris, et al... Absolutley! Why? is a useless question because even if there was an answer (which I think there is not) we wouldn't be able to comprehend it anyway. We'd just have to call it God..Bill! --- In Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com, Chris Austin-Lane chris@... wrote: Or as I like to

Re: [Zen] Re: yam leaf diploma

2013-03-31 Thread Merle Lester
 joe..you just don't get it...one can be one's own teacher...!...you might need to follow..however there some who walk amongst us who can teach ourselves... practise is doing ...remember..merle   Merle, O, give it up all, you ego-attached miserables. You cannot do it. Impossible.

Re: [Zen] knowing

2013-03-31 Thread Merle Lester
   well you figure it out siska... we might be born knowing but it's sure drummed out of us...by the likes of those who want you to follow follow.. in their paths...merle   No Merle, I didn't ask you what knowing was. I asked whether there is any wisdom in the born knowing? You suddenly

[Zen] Re: realisation

2013-03-31 Thread billsmart
Merle, Merle, Merle, How do you come up with such gems as ...your never gunna be that buddha of your dreams...? Don't you know all you have to do is click your heels 3 times while repeating There's no place like home...and you're there! ...Bill! --- In Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com, Merle Lester

[Zen] anotwhat

2013-03-31 Thread Merle Lester
siska not what?..merle   Merle, Am I or am I not? Are you or are you not? Siska From: Merle Lester merlewiit...@yahoo.com Sender: Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com Date: Sun, 31 Mar 2013 15:01:10 -0700 (PDT) To:

[Zen] Re: rational behaviour

2013-03-31 Thread Bill!
Merle, Yes, that is kind of what I was saying...Bill! --- In Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com, Merle Lester merlewiitpom@... wrote:  group...much of being human is about feelings..most of the time folk act on their feelings... thinking rationally is in the too hard basket for many..if we did

Re: [Zen] Re: The error of Bill's solipsism

2013-03-31 Thread Merle Lester
 chatting is fine except most of the time it gets preachy..and starts to get hostile..merle   Dear merle, Even if we're there we may still want to talk about it. You visit London, and chat with someone on a bridge there about the beautiful and historic sights. They say to you: Now, now,

[Zen] Re: The error of Bill's solipsism

2013-03-31 Thread Bill!
Merle! You've surprised me! You've actually said something I totally agree with! ...Bill! --- In Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com, Merle Lester merlewiitpom@... wrote:  tis not chattering that will get you there ...be attentive and alert daily walking and talking in the WAY...merle Bill,

Re: [Zen] Re: REALISATION

2013-03-31 Thread Merle Lester
 joe..then why did you not mention realisation before since you are such an expert... why do i have to get to tell you the bleeding obvious?...merle   Merle, Realization is key to appreciating what the Zen masters and mistresses have been talking about and recommending for 1500 years. More

Re: [Zen] Re: knowing

2013-03-31 Thread Merle Lester
 so your theory about finding a teacher jow...as any great teacher would say...look within yourself... and seek and yea shall find..no one..and i repeat no one can teach you to realise..you have to climb the mountain yourself..if i choose to be my own teacher why are you forever bagging me

Re: [Zen] Re: Pincher Martin -

2013-03-31 Thread Merle Lester
 what do you mean joe gallery?..i can't discuss the book if you have not read it..for christ sake... read the book and awaken...to the clear light of day.. merle   Merle, Why? Tell us what the book is to you. This is a Forum, not a gallery. --J. Merle Lester merlewiitpom@... wrote:

Re: [Zen] Re: realisation

2013-03-31 Thread Merle Lester
 bill. !..woh! clicking heels sound like a nazi storm trouper..north korean style..merle   Merle, Merle, Merle, How do you come up with such gems as ...your never gunna be that buddha of your dreams...? Don't you know all you have to do is click your heels 3 times while

Re: [Zen] Re: rational behaviour

2013-03-31 Thread Merle Lester
 jesus..bill!..we are nearly there.. woh how much further..nearly we have reached the mountain top.. a couple of steps to go and then the realisation will dawn that you ain't been on any mountain top at all... merle   Merle, Yes, that is kind of what I was saying...Bill! --- In

Re: [Zen] Re: yam leaf diploma

2013-03-31 Thread uerusuboyo
Merle,br/br/One can be one's own teacher, but it's not usually very successful, is it? Besides what you are teaching yourself is not Zen - at least not the Zen as taught in the temples of Japan and China. Why not just call it another name? br/br/Mikebr/br/br/br/Sent from Yahoo! Mail for iPhone

[Zen] teacher teach yourself

2013-03-31 Thread Merle Lester
 yes bill!...harmony finally!..it's not me it's you who think i'm a suffering soul and joe believes i'm lost without this super dooper teacher of teachers..which is actually me me me me..teaching me...merle   Merle! You've surprised me! You've actually said something I totally agree with!

Re: [Zen] Re: yam leaf diploma

2013-03-31 Thread Merle Lester
 mike..jesus ..are you a crystal ball gazer? ... how the hell would you know if it's zen or not?.. why can't it be successful?...jesus...must zen be chinese japanese orientation?...holy hell.. i thought well obviously mistaken as i am it was a human non racial thing this zen.. here's one

Re: FW: RE: [Zen] Cause-and-Effect

2013-03-31 Thread Bill!
Mike, This does make perfect sense, which as you know from my perspective does not always warrant my seal of approval, but in this case I do agree. The Zen Buddhist teaching I received did not emphasize (and sometimes even discouraged) the reading of the sutras. My training emphasized

[Zen] mountain climbing

2013-03-31 Thread Merle Lester
 bill... butting in i am..yes yes yes.. no one can climb the mountain but your good self...and remember after you reach the top..there never was a mountain to climb...  now that's were your illusion song can come in... however be also aware as soon as you begin to sing that..you'll find

[Zen] Re: mountain climbing

2013-03-31 Thread Bill!
Merle, For the most part I agree again with what you've written immediately below. I'd also like to 'butt in' to your dialog with Joe to give you my perspective using this mountain theme. I believe what Joe's been saying about a teacher could be analogous to someone who's already been up the

[Zen] Re: yam leaf diploma

2013-03-31 Thread Joe
Merle, Negative. Ego will not let itself be dethroned by ITSELF. Ego cannot step aside while it is before itself TEACHING. THAT is Impossible. I'm sure you see it, now that you admit it. ;-) And that's why a teacher is necessary, if one is at all interested in this business as a

[Zen] Re: The error of Bill's solipsism

2013-03-31 Thread Joe
Merle, Keep a low profile, then, if you cannot add to the slings and missles... of DISCUSSION. I'm afraid you duck too soon, though, and claim that conditions are too rich for your blood... when it's only discussion! Sorry, if you feel left out. Don't be an umpire: be a Participant. Or not!

[Zen] Re: REALISATION

2013-03-31 Thread Joe
Merle, I don't quite understand your question, and I think it became mal-formed. Better that you re-phrase if you like. --Joe Merle Lester merlewiitpom@... wrote:  joe..then why did you not mention realisation before since you are such an expert... why do i have to get to tell you the

[Zen] Re: knowing

2013-03-31 Thread Joe
Merle, What else can I tell you. If your cup is full already, no more can go in. You've asked your question 27 times: I've answered it 27 times. The Zen school teaches methods for awakening and for keeping awake. It's done in order that wisdom and compassion can arise freely. That is all.

[Zen] Re: Pincher Martin -

2013-03-31 Thread Joe
Merle, Tell us why you care about it. Even an inkling. Is it fiction? Non-fiction? If you get us to care, too, we may look further. Without knowing why *Merle* cares, ***I*** don't care! That's a compliment, dearie, so please don't be mad at me. Not on Easter. --Joe Merle Lester

Re: [Zen] Re: yam leaf diploma

2013-03-31 Thread uerusuboyo
Merle,br/br/If you have never practiced Zen with a teacher and have no grasp of the history of Zen (from Indian Mahayana Buddhism to Chinese C'han to Japanese Zen), then how do you know you are manifesting Buddha Nature as taught by these traditions? Maybe you're mistaking your 'Zen' for a

[Zen] Re: rational behaviour

2013-03-31 Thread Joe
Merle, Mountain? I've been deep in the basement. I think Bill!'s been there too with open eyes. I tried to tell him it was a wine-cellar, and that he unabashedly shows that he wants to keep all the stored vintages to himself, by his not honoring the set of stairs that brought him down

RE: [Zen] Re: rational behaviour

2013-03-31 Thread uerusuboyo
br/I also sent him a set of instructions on how to make the stairs, but I don't think he trusts the 'Made in India' product'br/br/Mikebr/br/Sent from Yahoo! Mail for iPhone

[Zen] Re: teacher teach yourself

2013-03-31 Thread Joe
Merle, Super-Dooper-Pooper-Scooper is the name of a pet-waste remover tool for beaches and sporting fields, advertised in a sporting goods catalog that was popular in my youth: Herter's! Maybe mid-1960s was when I poured over those slick, fat catalogs, especially of fishing and archery

[Zen] Re: yam leaf diploma

2013-03-31 Thread Bill!
I didn't get a yam leaf diploma but I do have proof of enlightenment: ...Bill! --- In Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com, uerusuboyo@... wrote: Merle,br/br/If you have never practiced Zen with a teacher and have no grasp of the history of Zen (from Indian Mahayana Buddhism to Chinese C'han to Japanese

[Zen] Re: rational behaviour

2013-03-31 Thread Joe
Egad... is that the sticker that the Made in China sticker is pasted over? --Joe uerusuboyo@... wrote: I also sent him a set of instructions on how to make the stairs, but I don't think he trusts the 'Made in India' product'br/br/Mike Current Book

[Zen] Re: yam leaf diploma

2013-03-31 Thread Joe
Bill!, Is that indeed thy own noggin? Tall photographer friend took pic? --Joe Bill! BillSmart@... wrote: I didn't get a yam leaf diploma but I do have proof of enlightenment: Current Book Discussion: any Zen book that you recently have read or are

[Zen] Re: yam leaf diploma

2013-03-31 Thread Joe
Mike, It's a gorgeous and awfully tender story, and one I must appropriate immediately. Thank you, and kudos, bringing it in! And thanks, Merle, for bashing it. --Joe uerusuboyo@... wrote: Merle,br/br/If you have never practiced Zen with a teacher and have no grasp of the history of

[Zen] Re: yam leaf diploma

2013-03-31 Thread Bill!
Joe, Hey! My noggin, his noggin, your noggin...what's the difference? ...Bill! --- In Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com, Joe desert_woodworker@... wrote: Bill!, Is that indeed thy own noggin? Tall photographer friend took pic? --Joe Bill! BillSmart@ wrote: I didn't get a yam leaf

[Zen] Re: yam leaf diploma

2013-03-31 Thread Joe
Bill!, Hair. --Joe Bill! BillSmart@... wrote: Hey! My noggin, his noggin, your noggin...what's the difference? Current Book Discussion: any Zen book that you recently have read or are reading! Talk about it today!Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit

[Zen] Re: yam leaf diploma

2013-03-31 Thread Bill!
Oh yeah...hair. But everything's impermanent, right? --- In Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com, Joe desert_woodworker@... wrote: Bill!, Hair. --Joe Bill! BillSmart@ wrote: Hey! My noggin, his noggin, your noggin...what's the difference? Current

[Zen] Re: yam leaf diploma

2013-03-31 Thread Joe
Bill!, Bill! writes, so rightly: everything's impermanent, right? Impermanent; and then permanently impermanent, after a while. ;-) ...when you no longer need, or can even USE, a permanent. Do you mean it's happened already? Or, that head could as well be ...shaved. (full head of hair here,

Re: [Zen] hand up!

2013-03-31 Thread siska_cen
Joe, The Platform Sutra is very long! Or to me, it is... Can you point which passage you were referring to for me to look up? Siska -Original Message- From: Joe desert_woodwor...@yahoo.com Sender: Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com Date: Sun, 31 Mar 2013 01:09:41 To: Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com

Re: [Zen] Re: mountain climbing

2013-03-31 Thread Merle Lester
 bill! yes indeedy..you got it...merle   Merle, For the most part I agree again with what you've written immediately below. I'd also like to 'butt in' to your dialog with Joe to give you my perspective using this mountain theme. I believe what Joe's been saying about a teacher could

Re: [Zen] knowing

2013-03-31 Thread siska_cen
Merle, If everything is zen, as you said, nothing can be drummed out of us because there is no out and us. Whose path are we following? Siska -Original Message- From: Merle Lester merlewiit...@yahoo.com Sender: Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com Date: Sun, 31 Mar 2013 19:38:58 To:

Re: [Zen] anotwhat

2013-03-31 Thread siska_cen
Hi Merle, Been a long thread that you may have forgotten... Not try out heart Siska -Original Message- From: Merle Lester merlewiit...@yahoo.com Sender: Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com Date: Sun, 31 Mar 2013 19:39:57 To: Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.comZen_Forum@yahoogroups.com Reply-To: