Hello Steve -
Whom do you label as 'a buddha'? --ED --- In [email protected], "eugnostos2000" <eugnostos2000@...> wrote: > > Hello. I have been following the recent discussions concerning zen, Zen > and ethics with interest. IMO, it is a bit of a Red Herring to stay > fixated on sexual ethics which even non-Zennists will often regard as > a subjective muddle. So let me ask this. Can a Buddha deliberately > harm others? Now doubtless there are some here that will say that zen > has nothing to do with Buddha, etc. etc., but it is a fact that Zen > arose within Buddhism as a way to become aware of our own Buddha-Dhatu > in a direct way, unencumbered by intellectualism. And of course Zennists > will assert that this "direct pointing to the heart of humanity" goes > directly back to Gotama himself. So the question remains. Can a fully > realized Buddha deliberately choose to cause harm? The BuddhaDharma has > always been concerned, not just with Great Wisdom, but also with Great > Compassion. Is this Great Compassion merely another conceptual delusion > or is it a fundamental feature of Enlightenment itself? > Steve
