ED, Why should there be something 'extra'? Isn't breaking free of falsity and living in the truth enough? Her enlightenment enlightens all of us. In fact the entire universe (which is nothng more than mind) is enlightened. What more would you have her do?
Mike ________________________________ From: ED <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Tue, 8 March, 2011 0:10:32 Subject: [Zen] Re: Two Potent Quotes After that, of what extra benefit to humankind was her life? --- In [email protected], mike brown <uerusuboyo@...> wrote: > > I remember reading a book about an English woman who became a Tibetan > buddhist >nun and went there to meditate in a cave for 3 years. When she was first >exposed >to Buddhism she wrote that she cried with frustration at not being able to >understand the Zen literature she was exposed to. After her 3 years of >solitary >meditation, and many deep insights, she laughed with joy at how fun >and obvious >those previously obscure Zen koans and stories now were to her!
