Mike, I was amused at the question you asked at the very end of your post below. Was the humor intentional?
...Bill! --- In [email protected], mike brown <uerusuboyo@...> 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 (638ï½°713): Huineng said, âDo 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?â > > > Damei Fachang å¤§æ¢ æ³å¸¸ (752â"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 > ------------------------------------ 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/
