Happy New Year To You Bill, Al and everyone,
As per your call, following is a post related to understanding the nature of
things.
Too often, we made judgement based what we saw, encountered or heard. We did
so because we received these physical messages through our senses.
Too often, we
Bill,
You are talking about the essence of zen. But don't wash your mouth. In
modern world, you cannot just talk about talking nothing.
To eliminate self or to understand what things are help eliminate suffering.
Thank you anyway.
Regards,
Anthony
Bill Smart [EMAIL
Anthony Wu wrote:
Yes, the Satan you worship is your self. The better way is to have others
worship you. Either case, you cannot get rid of suffering, which is the
objective of Zen.
Anthony, I agree. I also believe the (God, Buddha, Krishna, Ganeesh,
Empiricism, Fill-In-The Blank) you
Most zen groups do practice zen and an expression of Buddhism. There have
been hard-core Christians (the Catholic monk Tomas Merton comes to mind)
that have incorporated zen into their expression of Christianity. Of course
there's lot of examples of non-sectarian zen practitioners - Alan Watts
