--- In [email protected], Jue Miao Jing Ming - 覺å¦ç²¾æ <chan.jmjm@...> wrote: > > Hi Ed,
> If I may share that, Chan considers all words, opinions and logic illusory and empty in nature. That's a Chan Act of Faith - and that's OK. > Attachments to forms, especially to the form of words, logic and perspectives are to be eliminated from our mind. Only then will we be able to witness "true dharma" through our heart. So you say. > Ever since Zen was hijacked by Japanese emperor, and endorsed WWII, its bearing karma has turned many of its lineages into "withered formalities" In other words, some Zen became a practice filled ceremony and mental rationale, without any connection to the universal life force. Maybe, maybe not. > This is also true to some of the lineages of Chan, turning into a lifeless philosophy or a study, without any ability to transcend our delusions, surpass our karmic hindrance to our body, mind and spirit. Maybe, but it does't concern me.
