I agree with ED. Close only counts in horseshoes and hand gernades - and maybe nowdays nuclear warheads...Bill!
--- In [email protected], "ED" <seacrofter001@...> wrote: > > > > Hi Steve, > > IMO, there is no excuse for not trying to be as near the mark as one can > get. > > --ED > > > > --- In [email protected], "SteveW" <eugnostos2000@> wrote: > > > Hi ED. > > Oh, it's not silly, it passes the time. And it's kind of fun. > > > In my opinion, the outcomes of self-enquiry cannot be communicated, > period. Anything we say will be misleading on some level. But you've > got to say something! > > We can talk endlessly about sugar, but until > you've tasted it, it will be beside the point. And even after you have > tasted it, will "sweet" mean anything to someone who has never tasted > anything sweet? Language presupposes the duality of subject and object. > The analytical reason presupposes that everything is composed of parts > which can be deconstructed, compared and contrasted. But if reality is > One Bright Jewel, as Dogen put it, how can this mean anything? As > Huang Po noted, "In truth, our original Buddha Nature is nothing which > can be > intellectually understood. It is glorious and mysterious peacefulness, > and that > is all that can be said. You, yourself, must awaken to it, fathoming > it's > depths! That which is before you is it in it's entirety, with nothing > whatsoever > lacking!" > IMO. > > > --- In [email protected] > </group/Zen_Forum/post?postID=7x-i_i4i6f66H8PAEMelGNgOd-qyf_PO6wLuONphPu\ > VaOz39tU7Z6MfKQFYRN5gQvhgNPxjnkfti8C9Ry0lKTGo> , "ED" > <seacrofter001@> wrote: > > > > Mike, > > > > The outcomes of self-enquiry cannot be communicated without a common > > understanding of key words used in describing the outcomes. > > > > It appears silly to talk so seriously about subjects when we we do not > > have a common agreement about what we are talking about. > > > > --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/
