ED, I am led to believe you think 'zen' is unethical. Anthony --- On Mon, 21/2/11, ED <[email protected]> wrote:
From: ED <[email protected]> Subject: [Zen] Re: An Article of Interest To: [email protected] Date: Monday, 21 February, 2011, 10:28 PM Bill, I rarely if ever criticize 'hypocrisy" as it is an unconscious but normal and natural aspect of all humans and human groups. The only difference I perceive between zen and Zen is a non-concern for good motivation and a non-focus on ethical behavior in zen as compared with Zen. --ED --- In [email protected], "Bill!" <BillSmart@...> wrote: > 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! > 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 > > 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
