ED, I just want to make clear that I think when you are talking about this article and about 'Zen' in general that you are referring to Zen Buddhism. The reason I want to emphaize this is that I think your justificable criticism and examples of hypocricy are the result of the Buddhist layers of this, not zen itself.
...Bill! --- In [email protected], "ED" <seacrofter001@...> wrote: > > > > Hi Steve, > > Zen, like most religious or spiritual paths and practices is riddled > with unstated or unexamined assumptions and ambiguities. The article > facilitates the task of identifying them. > > --ED > > > > --- In [email protected], "SteveW" <eugnostos2000@> wrote: > > > Hi ED. While I certainly did find the article interesting, I am > not likely to start chanting a mantra to it, like the Nichiren people > do with the Lotus Sutra. > Steve > > > > > --- In [email protected] > </group/Zen_Forum/post?postID=pc1sfmtU7ytUgQpqSNt5PzAT8Ml25vylpEn9AMb6sj\ > Eg1ngTZWNXJAqKzRDzQpY6fbQuOWriqDLMf7_xkg2y> , "ED" <seacrofter001@> > wrote: > > > > Hello Steve and All, > > > > This is an extremely informative and brilliantly insightful article, > > and should be studied and discussed sentence by sentence and paragraph > > by paragraph to help eradicate any illusions and delusions we might > hold > > concerning Zen teachings, Zen practice and Zen teachers. > > > > Should anyone choose a sentence, paragraph or section of the article > > that puzzles them, I would look forward to hearing members' > viewpoints, > > and contributing my own two bits to the discussion. > > > > Steve, thank you for bringing this article to our notice. > > > > --ED > ------------------------------------ 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/
