Christ, Nobody on this list worry about the highlighted words below. If there are, let me know. Anthony
--- On Sat, 24/7/10, Chris Austin-Lane <[email protected]> wrote: From: Chris Austin-Lane <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Zen] Re: Compassion To: [email protected] Date: Saturday, 24 July, 2010, 12:46 AM I always thought Buddha's Truth is just reality, just the current moment, akin to Bill!'s JUST THIS. It does seem to be true that the current moment, when I am not so upset as to miss it, the correct path is plainly evident. Not truth but Truth - not an enumerable, verbal list of thoughts, but the moment in which we live. I think the rigid religious types that the thread started out by mocking in fact have a tendency to come up with an enumerated list of thoughts which must be "believed" to get you categorized as "Good". In my own church, there is a lot of energy spent worrying about orthodoxy. --Chris On Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 7:17 AM, maitreya003 <[email protected]> wrote: > More of the quote is below. "Be a lamp unto yourself." > "but holding fast to the Truth as their lamp, and holding fast to the Truth > as their refuge, shall not look for refuge to anyone beside themselves, it is > they who shall reach the highest goal." > The lamp is Truth, not whatever truths people believe. "Just as no one will > punish you for anger, but anger will punish you," so to Buddha's truth is the > Truth, but not like the taliban. > > I cannot find the context of this line on google , but Buddha was always > changing the rules according to the individual capacities of others. > > > > > --- In [email protected], Chris Austin-Lane <ch...@...> wrote: >> >> Buddha also had a whole list of answerable questions and as he died, >> said, "Oh, by the way, I meant to change some of the rules I put forth >> earlier, but I haven't got time to detail the changes now." And "Be a >> lamp unto yourself." >> >> On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 8:28 PM, maitreya003 <joult...@...> wrote: >> > Buddha claimed ultimate truth and warned of hells and taught a true path >> > to which conflicted other paths.  There are ultimate truths and there are >> > false truths.  Those who hold false truths declair ignorance as truth. >> > joe >> > >> > --- In [email protected], Anthony Wu <wuasg@> wrote: >> >> >> >> ED, >> >> Â >> >> If you claim yours is the ultimate truth, you qualify for a Taliban. >> >> Â >> >> Anthony >> >> >> >> --- On Wed, 21/7/10, ED <seacrofter001@> wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >> From: ED <seacrofter001@> >> >> Subject: Re: [Zen] Compassion >> >> To: [email protected] >> >> Date: Wednesday, 21 July, 2010, 10:06 PM >> >> >> >> >> >> Â >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Why "don't claim", if that's the way one sees it? >> >> >> >> --ED >> >> >> >> --- In [email protected], Anthony Wu <wuasg@> wrote: >> >> > >> >> > Artie, >> >> > >> >> > It is OK to have different beliefs, as long as you don't claim yours >> >> is the final truth. >> >> > >> >> > Anthony >> >> >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > ------------------------------------ >> > >> > Current Book Discussion: any Zen book that you recently have read or are >> > reading! Talk about it today!Yahoo! Groups Links >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Current Book Discussion: any Zen book that you recently have read or are > reading! Talk about it today!Yahoo! Groups Links > > > >
