Ahmed, you explained it so well! Thank you!~Blossom~--- In Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com, Ahmed <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have read that book as well. So beautifully simple it puts me into a > trance when I read it. > > I think the passage you cited does not mean that one should do just one > thing at a time because what about multi-tasking? Is multi-tasking not a > part of one's Buddha nature? > > The book "The Way of Zen" by Alan Watts spells this all out very clearly > especially where it goes into the details about worrying about worrying and > how we can actually never do anything wrong in Zen because everything is > natural. Even unnaturalness is natural. This is the reason why and how one > can just relax and let everything go. > > So what it means to me is be naturally in the moment without carrying the > previous moment (but really you can't ever "carry" the previous moment--you > only imagine it is so). > > (I probably didn't make any sense but I think the meaning is clearer after > reading Alan Watts book.) > > > On 5/2/06, Eugene <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I am reading the book Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind, of Shunryu Suzuki - > > an excellent book. It goes into depths while being understandable. > > > > However, there is a concept in it I don't understand. I would like to > > have some explanation... > > > > It is about going fully into an activity, leaving nothing of yourself > > behind. So you are like ash afterwards... who has read this book and > > can explain? > > > > thanks! > > > > > > > > > > > > Current Book Discussion: any Zen book that you recently have read or are > > reading! Talk about it today! > > > > > > > > SPONSORED LINKS > > Zen buddhism<http://groups.yahoo.com/gads? t=ms&k=Zen+buddhism&w1=Zen+buddhism&w2=Tibetan+buddhism&w3=Zen+alarm+ clock&w4=Zen+garden&c=4&s=77&.sig=52TlVEGAmH-gdZZJfROS7A> Tibetan > > buddhism<http://groups.yahoo.com/gads? t=ms&k=Tibetan+buddhism&w1=Zen+buddhism&w2=Tibetan+buddhism&w3=Zen+al arm+clock&w4=Zen+garden&c=4&s=77&.sig=QfjwyeHX2_FsqbByJ9GpJA> Zen > > alarm clock<http://groups.yahoo.com/gads? t=ms&k=Zen+alarm+clock&w1=Zen+buddhism&w2=Tibetan+buddhism&w3=Zen+ala rm+clock&w4=Zen+garden&c=4&s=77&.sig=p6mapzEPZ_ScmHU_NtLhyg> Zen > > garden<http://groups.yahoo.com/gads? t=ms&k=Zen+garden&w1=Zen+buddhism&w2=Tibetan+buddhism&w3=Zen+alarm+cl ock&w4=Zen+garden&c=4&s=77&.sig=u-HWXzyfc7JgA6dUQHO-gw> > > ------------------------------ > > YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS > > > > > > - Visit your group "Zen_Forum<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zen_Forum>" > > on the web. > > > > - To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]<Zen_Forum- [EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > - Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of > > Service <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/>. > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >
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