Mike, Yeah! The place with the Nirvana Water Slide, the Karmas of the Caribbean Cave and the Kensho Corn Dogs!
..Bill! --- In [email protected], mike brown <uerusuboyo@...> wrote: > > JM, > > And I always thought Buddhaland was just outside Miami, past the Big > Pineapple : > ) > > Mike > > > > > ________________________________ > From: Jue Miao Jing Ming - 覺å¦ç²¾æ <chan.jmjm@...> > 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å¦ç²¾æ <chan.jmjm@...> > >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 (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/
