Bill!, That's the place, but I haven't been since they closed down the Kwannon ladyboy bar.
Mike ________________________________ From: Bill! <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thu, 3 March, 2011 10:23:36 Subject: Re: [Zen] Is Enlightenment a process? 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 - 覺妙精明 <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 - 覺妙精明 <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, “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?â€� > >> > >> > >>Damei Fachang 大梅法常 (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 > >> > > >
