Bill- Good! :-)
Artie --- In [email protected], <billsm...@...> wrote: > > 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], <BillSmart@> 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/
