Hello Anthony First of all, I'd like to thank you for all your postings. I'm learning quite a lot from you. However, a question please...do you think it matters whether Zen as a belief, is Buddhist or not? What's your opinion please
in peace Mel --- On Tue, 25/1/11, Anthony Wu <[email protected]> wrote: There is no denying that the present forms of zen (Soto, Rinzai etc) developed from mahayana Buddhism. The 'jhana' practice before Buddhism can be traced to early Hinduism. In China, Laozi was approximately contemporary of Sakyamuni. So earlier than Hinduism (Brahmaism), we can only guess what people did. As regards 'cultures far removed from India', what have you read? Do you believe them? Anthony ------------------------------------ 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/
