Jody, Buddhist faith, prayer and blessings have the same meaning as with Christian, except that they are directed or concerned with Buddha, dharma and sangha. For instance, a Buddist prayer is directed to Amitabha, Sakyamuni, or a wrathful deity in the case of Tibetan Buddhism. Mind you, Bill is against all this. His pure zen way calls for giving up all that superstition and relies on yourself. Like Zhaozhou zen master says, when being asked, 'if everything has Buddha nature, does a dog have it?', "NO!" (muuuuuu). That means 'don't attach to anything. Not even Buddha.' Regards, Anthony
--- On Thu, 4/12/08, Jody W. Ianuzzi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: Jody W. Ianuzzi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [Zen] Position of Karma in Zen To: [email protected] Date: Thursday, 4 December, 2008, 12:40 AM Hello JMJM, some times I think the English translations are misleading. Using the word Faith, Prayer and Blessings in English have a very Christian meaning and when people use these terms in Buddhism I think it is misleading. I understand Buddhist Faith to mean a trust in oneself to follow the right path. What would the correct meaning of Buddhist Prayer and Buddhist Blessings be? JODY Bring your friends to the fun. Invite your friends from Hotmail, Gmail to Yahoo! Mail today! http://www.trueswitch.com/yahoo-sg
