I disagree. Begging the question of why zen is the only honest response, unless you want to get unto the whole history of the universe.
The words people put onto decisions after the fact are not that accurate in my experience. I would much rather read the stories of how people came to zen than why. I think why people once try zen are also different from why one continues to it down. Daily sitting is so boring and disillusioning, I can't imagine a healthy person would continue if the sitting wasn't interesting or fulfilling to them. All these philosophies are just talk. They are fun in their own realm, but that is not the realm of blood, sweet, tears, and sore butts. Why did Bodhidharma come from the West? haha! There are no philosophies, no benefits, just a belly laugh. Thanks, Chris Austin-Lane Sent from a cell phone On Mar 28, 2011, at 18:19, "SteveW" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > --- In [email protected], Anthony Wu <wuasg@...> wrote: >> >> ED, >> Â >> I hope that works. >> Â >> Anthony >> >> Hi Anthony. This brings us back to the question of whether or not Zen is >> actually Buddhist, and whether or not it is a philosophical approach to >> life. I personally think that it is both. The link to the article which I >> posted demonstrates, imo, that it can be regarded as a philosophy of life. >> And the fact that people take it up in order to transcend the dukkha of life >> demonstrates that it is a Buddhist form of philosophy. Those people who say >> that Zen is just the art of living in the present moment seem to be dodging >> the question of why they took up Zen in the first place, and why living in >> the present moment is better than not living in the present moment. IMO. > Steve > >> >> > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Current Book Discussion: any Zen book that you recently have read or are > reading! Talk about it today!Yahoo! Groups Links > > > ------------------------------------ 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/
