Hi Ed, The wisdom I seek is hard for me to explain, but I will try. The wisdom I seek is a pure wisdom, not from men, books, or religions, but straight from the source. The source I am referring to, can not be named, it is called by many names, God, Tao, Buddha, or even Zen. I believe a person can seek this source, and by stilling the thoughts of the mind, this allows a certain kind of oneness with this source, which in my experience, has lead to certain wisdom about certain things in my life. The benefits of following this wisdom is that it brings me to a certain harmony with this source, and the suffering that I had by not being in harmony, seems to go away. So this is my attempt to explain my view on this, hope I didn't confuse matters.
Brett http://www.pbase.com/brett1963 --- On Wed, 2/2/11, ED <[email protected]> wrote: From: ED <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Zen] Is Chan Buddhist? To: [email protected] Date: Wednesday, February 2, 2011, 11:35 AM Brett, What are the nature and benefits of this 'wisdom' you seek? Thanks, ED --- In [email protected], Brett Corbin <brettalancorbin@...> wrote: > > I agree with you Bill, I feel by seeking wisdom through our own personal > experience, we are lead to the truth, even if we have never even seen other > teachings. > > Brett > Brett, > > My point is you don't have to have or subscribe to an 'eightfold path' to do > all those things (and more) in your life. > > ...Bill!
