"The fourth skandha, discrimination, is also a particular mental factor.
It is similar to recognition but different in that discrimination is
judgmental. It is the mental factor that makes one thing better than
another. For example, differentiating that my faith or belief is better
than that of others', without regard for the validity of the
beliefs."
However, discrimination without judgment is the mark of the intelligent
and the wise. The Buddha could and did astutely observe, assess and
discriminate between humans in different mind-spaces and emphasized
teachings that would most benefit them individually - as would a
skillful mental health professional today.
--ED
--- In [email protected], Rose P <things_rose@...> wrote:
>
> The 'assess' part, certainly not the *others* part :)
>
> And I'm wondering whether zen finds it questionable/inappropriate/not
conducive to good practice/not conducive to good meditation or
mindfulness/unskillful/likely to lead to more and more assumptive
thoughts/likely not to lead to peace/possibly dangerous/potentially
harmful to another, and therefore to self also/whatever word/s most
covers what I'm trying to say.........as has been partly suggested.
>
> In some ways I suppose that zen isn't taking a view on anything, incl.
the rights/wrongs of assessing the mind of another, and I *get* that.
Let be whatever is, and all that..... But is a tendency to assess the
minds of others in any way a hindrance to practice.........hmmm......if
so, would it be conducive to practice purposefully attempting to reduce
ones tendency to do this.....
>
> Rose
