you betcha bill. suzuki took the words right out of my mouth..merle
On one side we are all fools, but when we realize this we are enlightened, and
when we make efforts in the face of it, we are bodhisattvas.
-- Shunryu Suzuki
...Bill!
For Edgar...
--- In Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com, Edgar Owen edgarowen@... wrote:
Bill,
PS: And btw Buddha lived long before Bill was born. So how could he have even
existed if Bill's imagination wasn't around to create him since like
everything else Bill believes Buddha is a product of
--- In Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com, Bill! BillSmart@... wrote:
On one side we are all fools, but when we realize this we are enlightened,
and when we make efforts in the face of it, we are bodhisattvas.
-- Shunryu Suzuki
...Bill!
Bill,
you need to forget about being a bodhisattva,
Experience is not what happens to us, but what we do with it.
-- Aldous Huxley, writer
Simon,
Welcome! I haven't seen you post before. I'm glad you decided to chime in.
The story goes that we are all enlightened but most of us just don't realize it
yet. That's what the term 'awakening' refers to: waking up to the fact that
we are all Buddha - all enlightened.
Anyway if you
Really great stuff.
On Mon, Jul 22, 2013 at 4:18 AM, Merle Lester merlewiit...@yahoo.comwrote:
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you betcha bill. suzuki took the words right out of my mouth..merle
On one side we are all fools, but when we realize this we are enlightened,
and when we make efforts in the face of
http://heartchan.org/index.php/retreat
Thank you,
JM
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