Anthony; There are many buddhist traditions which at the same time developed in many branches. The only thing that one needs to do is to look for the tradition or branch to whom one feels more at tune with oneself understanding and nothing else. If a person likes to adore statues and find in them inspiration then one should go for the type of buddhism according to that. If one doesn't like to adore statues, then one should go for the type of dharma with no statues...and so on. We don't compete here. We don't care about having our point across. We all just want everyone finding their own way of syncronitation vith life, death and the universe...etc, etc...
Mayka --- In [email protected], Anthony Wu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Jody, > Â > 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.' > Â > 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 > ------------------------------------ Current Book Discussion: any Zen book that you recently have read or are reading! Talk about it today!Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zen_Forum/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zen_Forum/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
