JM, And I always thought Buddhaland was just outside Miami, past the Big Pineapple : )
Mike ________________________________ From: Jue Miao Jing Ming - 覺妙精明 <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thu, 3 March, 2011 2:16:06 Subject: Re: [Zen] Is Enlightenment a process? Hello Mike, Interestingly one of our practitioners said the following, "Where is Buddhalnad? Buddhaland is where beyond our comfort zone." :-) Be Enlightened In This Life - We ALL Can http://chanjmjm.blogspot.com http://www.heartchan.org On 3/2/2011 8:50 AM, mike brown wrote: >JM, > >Yes, it's a bit of a cliche, I know, but there are many paths and they all >lead >to the same point. > >Mike > >ps How about the 'Universal Comfort Zone of LA? > > ________________________________ From: Jue Miao Jing Ming - 覺妙精明 <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Sent: Thu, 3 March, 2011 1:33:06 >Subject: Re: [Zen] Is Enlightenment a process? > > >Hello Mike, > >My Teacher said the same thing in different words for your reference. > >Chan is the comprehensive term for the universe. We can witness the same >truth >of universe through many different ways, such as science, Buddhism, >philosophy, >Christianity, etc. > >Recently my Teacher has ask me to change our legal name from Los Angeles >Meditation Center to Universal Chan Spiritual Center. > >:-) > >Be Enlightened In This Life - We ALL Can http://chanjmjm.blogspot.com >http://www.heartchan.org > >On 3/2/2011 4:27 AM, mike brown wrote: > >>It seems to be the view of many Buddhist practioners (and on this forum) that >>meditation is essential for Self-Realisation. I meditate myself and have sat >>in >>10 day retreats here in japan, but I don't believe that Realisation is a >>process >>(ie thru meditation). Rather, the Absolute is unborn - without beginning or >>end >>- and can be realised simply by 'waking up' to our true nature. Does >>meditation >>help us to wake up? Undoubtedly! It's just that meditation has nothing to do >>with enlightenment per se. >> >> >>The Buddha Mind is none other than our own pure, original mind that is always >>present, and merely hidden by deluded thought. Many Zen texts from the >>earliest >>times describe this: >> >> >>Hongren (600-674): Just as the light of the sun is never destroyed, but is >>merely obscured by clouds and mists, the pure mind possessed by all sentient >>beings is merely hidden by layered clouds of discursive thinking, false >>notions, >>and deluded views. Just clearly maintain [awareness of] the mind and do not >>give >>rise to false notions. The Dharma sun of nirvana will then naturally appear. >>Thus we know that our minds are inherently pure. >> >> >>Huineng (638ｰ713): Huineng said, “Do not think of good, do not think of evil. >>At >>this very moment, what is your original face before your father and mother >>were >>born?” >> >> >>Damei Fachang 大梅法常 (752–839): Monks, strive to reach the root; do not chase >>after the branches. Reach the root, and the rest will naturally follow. If >>you >>wish to perceive the root, just see into your own mind. This mind is the >>source >>of all, both mundane and supermundane. When mind arises the various dharmas >>arise; when mind is extinguished, the various dharmas disappear. If you give >>rise to the mind that is unattached to good and bad, all things are in their >>true state. >> >> >>Linji (d. 866): If you will just bring to rest the thoughts of the >>ceaselessly >>seeking mind, you will not differ from the patriarch-buddha.Turn your own >>light >>inward upon yourselves! >> >>Thoughts? >> >>Mike >> >
