No, in Buddhism, karma is your action. Like in Newton's laws, once an action is done, there is certainly a reaction coming. You cannot 'surpass' your karma by sitting chan. If that was true, why not take an easier way of going to church and ask a pedophilic priest to absolve you? Anthony
--- On Mon, 25/10/10, ED <seacrofter...@yahoo.com> wrote: From: ED <seacrofter...@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: [Zen] Zen, Self, I, Me and Mine To: Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com Date: Monday, 25 October, 2010, 3:53 AM Hi JMJM, What is meant by the high-lighted sentence below? Is it a teaching of the Buddha? --ED --- In Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com, Jue Miao Jing Ming wrote: > Hi Ed, That's a description most valuable to the author. What we teach is, through Sitting Chan, as we gradually surpass the three karmic hindrances -- body, mind and spirit -- then we can witness or experience ourselves. Perhaps you have heard the statement about Chan, "It simply could not be described?" :-) Be Enlightened In This Life - We ALL Can http://chanjmjm.blogspot.com http://www.heartchan.org JMJM, Like this: http://www.ahastories.com/whenwillibelivin.html ? --ED --- In Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com, Jue Miao Jing Ming wrote: > > Hi Ed, > > Thank you. However, if I may point out... > > Every path is a path. Xin Xin Ming stated well... > > "The way is not hard, if we don't pick or choose.." > > Just live and die as is... > > :-) > > Be Enlightened In This Life - We ALL Can > http://chanjmjm.blogspot.com > http://www.heartchan.org
