ED, Why bother with 'clues'? Go straight to the source - pick the book up (or computer) and hit your head with it.
Mike ________________________________ From: ED <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Sat, 26 March, 2011 0:21:45 Subject: [Zen] Clues to the meaning of Zen Clues to the meaning of Zen Because Zen is so hard to explain here are some quotations that may help you get an idea of it: * The essence of Zen Buddhism is achieving enlightenment by seeing one's original mind (or original nature) directly; without the intervention of the intellect. * Zen is big on intuitive understanding, on just 'getting it', and not so hot on philosophising. * Zen is concerned with what actually is rather than what we think or feel about what is. * Zen is concerned with things as they are, without trying to interpret them. * Zen points to something before thinking, before all your ideas. * The key to Buddhahood in Zen is simply self-knowledge. * To be a human being is to be a Buddha. Buddha nature is just another name for human nature - true human nature. * Zen is simply to be completely alive. * Zen is short for Zen Buddhism. It is sometimes called a religion and sometimes called a philosophy. Choose whichever term you prefer; it simply doesn't matter. * Zen is not a philosophy or a religion. * Zen tries to free the mind from the slavery of words and the constriction of logic. * Zen in its essence is the art of seeing into the nature of one's own being, and it points the way from bondage to freedom. * Zen is meditation. http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/buddhism/subdivisions/zen_1.shtml
