RE: [Zen] 7th Anniversary of the Zen Forum

2006-06-20 Thread Bill Smart
On Tuesday, June 20 kahtychen wrote: [kahtychen...]Ok, I've got the jist of the Three Treasures, the Four Noble Truths, the Five Aggregates, and the Eightfold path, ... now, please, what are: The Two Vehicles? The Three Realms and their Nine Grounds? The Three or more Domains? The Three Natures,

RE: [Zen] 7th Anniversary of the Zen Forum

2006-06-19 Thread Bill Smart
On Monday, June 19, 2006 JasonZavoda wrote: [JasonZ...]Should I just jump in or was this directed toward just one person? Please feel free. This is an open forum and all are welcome at anytime. Thanks for your post...Bill! Yahoo! Groups Sponsor

RE: [Zen] 7th Anniversary of the Zen Forum

2006-06-18 Thread donald hwong
Good morning Bill,Zen is the One True and not Two. It is the enforcer, enabler of all menifestations of the universe. It is in the domain of energy. Dharma is thereby always "transmitted" and not taught or ceremonialized.Knowledge about Zen, Buddhism, Dao, JMJM, are in the domain of our mind

Re: [Zen] 7th Anniversary of the Zen Forum

2006-06-18 Thread jasonzavoda
--- In Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com, donald hwong [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Good morning Bill, Zen is the One True and not Two. It is the enforcer, enabler of all menifestations of the universe. It is in the domain of energy. Dharma is thereby always transmitted and not taught or

RE: [Zen] 7th Anniversary of the Zen Forum

2006-06-17 Thread donald hwong
Good Morning Bill,Now we have a common ground, "Zen is the life force and wisdom of the universe." Therefore, it can not be described, defined, talked, communicated by words, nor can it be comprehend by mind. It can only be connected to it with our Buddha nature. Zen is the one, which menifest

RE: [Zen] 7th Anniversary of the Zen Forum

2006-06-16 Thread Bill Smart
On Friday, June 16 donald hwong wrote: Hey! A real posting! Thanks Donald. I'm in your debt. My high-speed response follows: With Palms together, With palms spread out over my keyboard, Zen is defined as the universal life force and wisdom. It emcompasses all. Zen is not definable. Any

RE: [Zen] 7th Anniversary of the Zen Forum

2006-06-16 Thread donald hwong
It is a relief that we have postings, so that Al will not worry about it. I guess I better continue... I sense the energy and fast fingers of Bill. It is positive. That is wonderful. Since so much is covered by him, we may want to start by focus on just some of the issues, so that we don't get

[Zen] 7th Anniversary of the Zen Forum

2006-06-15 Thread Tony
In July, it will be seven years since I began the Zen Forum. What have I learned in those seven years? The people that have deep insights and a well-developed personality don't need to be here. The people that lack those qualities don't learn anything from being passive participants on an

Re: [Zen] 7th Anniversary of the Zen Forum

2006-06-15 Thread donald hwong
With Palms together,Zen is defined as the universal life force and wisdom. It emcompasses all. Once we had an opinion, we have foresaken the ones with opposite opinion. Then we are not in sync with Zen, we are in sync only with our mind.Karma of this world distributes, we can not remain