RE: [Zen] Stimulation
Donald Wong wrote: Hi Bill, Bored? How is Thailand? I will be flying to Taiwan and China and Hong Kong in three weeks... Not bored, just wanted to stimulate some activity on the ZenForum. Thailand is HOT - close to 40C today. I hope you have a good trip. Toward the end of Buddha's life, he transmitted heart to heart the life force and wisdom without words or formalities to Kasyapa. BodhiDharma brought that to China and slowly evolved with other Chinese culture into Chan, a Chinese name. 700 years later Chan was brought to Japan. The Japanese pronounced the same Chinese character - Zen. Chan I know very well. Chan in my opinion is the essence of Buddha's teaching. There is no difference. Any difference is in our mind. Now you can slaughter me. Donald No slaughter is forthcoming - at least this time. I think most everyone (on this forum anyway) would agree that zen/Chan is the essence of Buddha's teaching. What about other spiritual teachers - Moses, Jesus, Mohammed, Krishna - is zen/Chan the essence of their teachings also? If you distill all these teachings down to their bare essence aren't they all talking about the same thing? .Bill! Bill Smart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: What are the differences between 'zen' and 'buddhism'? _ 8:00? 8:25? 8:40? Find a flick in no time with theYahoo! Search movie showtime shortcut. __ NOD32 2165 (20070403) Information __ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.eset.com
Re: [Zen] Stimulation
The story of Sakyamuni transmitting wisdom without words to Kasyapa was cooked up by somebody who wanted to fool kindhearted Buddhists and to divert them to a new form of practice. After a thousand years, the new form was successful, although it was then still another new form beyond recognition by the 'creator', if he was able to see it. Like Daisetsu Suzuki says, Buddhism is a living thing, which keeps changing. The only thing that does not change is changing itself. So there is no difference between zen and Buddhism, while there is a big difference between them. Regards, Anthony donald hwong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi Bill, Bored? How is Thailand? I will be flying to Taiwan and China and Hong Kong in three weeks... Toward the end of Buddha's life, he transmitted heart to heart the life force and wisdom without words or formalities to Kasyapa. BodhiDharma brought that to China and slowly evolved with other Chinese culture into Chan, a Chinese name. 700 years later Chan was brought to Japan. The Japanese pronounced the same Chinese character - Zen. Chan I know very well. Chan in my opinion is the essence of Buddha's teaching. There is no difference. Any difference is in our mind. Now you can slaughter me. Donald Bill Smart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: What are the differences between 'zen' and 'buddhism'? - 8:00? 8:25? 8:40? Find a flick in no time with theYahoo! Search movie showtime shortcut. - Real people. Real questions. Real answers. Share what you know.
Re: [Zen] Stimulation
Hi Bill, Bored? How is Thailand? I will be flying to Taiwan and China and Hong Kong in three weeks... Toward the end of Buddha's life, he transmitted heart to heart the life force and wisdom without words or formalities to Kasyapa. BodhiDharma brought that to China and slowly evolved with other Chinese culture into Chan, a Chinese name. 700 years later Chan was brought to Japan. The Japanese pronounced the same Chinese character - Zen. Chan I know very well. Chan in my opinion is the essence of Buddha's teaching. There is no difference. Any difference is in our mind. Now you can slaughter me. Donald Bill Smart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: What are the differences between 'zen' and 'buddhism'? - 8:00? 8:25? 8:40? Find a flick in no time with theYahoo! Search movie showtime shortcut.
