Artie, Crystal!
...Bill! From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of roloro1557 Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2010 5:22 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Zen] Other traditions I agree with Bill on this very much. When people ask me I tell them I am a zennist (some of the old Chinese masters used this word), not a buddhist. I think zen definitely is not a sub-set or in any way dependent on buddhism. I also agree with Thomas Cleary, as he said in one of his translations: That zen requires awareness alone, does not depend on a particular background in any form of Asian culture, that zen applies directly to the relationship between mind and culture itself, no matter what that culture may be, and therefore it relates immediately to the way in which the world is experienced and life is lived, wherever one may be. While I respect other people's choices deeply- religion, "spiritual movements', etc do not interest me in the least- to me they grossly over-complicate what is actually a very simple matter. To me, while mysticism can be very pretty, it's really just another layer of concepts and judgements that will have to be dropped later - so why pick it up in the first place? I hope I'm being clear and making sense :-) Artie --- In [email protected], <billsm...@...> wrote: > As I said in an earlier post, I don't consider zen a sub-set or exclusively dependent upon Buddhism. __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 5451 (20100914) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 5451 (20100914) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com ------------------------------------ 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: [email protected] [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/
