Thanks, Ed With best wishes
Lluís ----- Original Message ----- From: ED To: Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, November 06, 2010 4:04 PM Subject: [Zen] Re: FW: Quote from St. Thomas Aquinas Not Zen. Mahayana/Vajrayana http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amit%C4%81bha --- In Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com, LluÃs Mendieta <lme...@...> wrote: > > Hi, Anthony > > Thanks for answer. > Well, I am not the best to answer your question, bercause my knowledge of Zen is very, very superficial. > Certainly I think that Mahayana stresses more in compassion, but being all following the teachings of the historical buddha, differences would be minor. > The branch that cultivates Amithaba buddha, is considered Zen or is Mahayana? > > With best wishes > > LluÃs