ED; I'm asuming here that we are talking about the 5 Mindfulness Trainings in the TNH tradition. Mayka
--- On Wed, 30/3/11, ED <[email protected]> wrote: From: ED <[email protected]> Subject: [Zen] Re: An Opinion of Thich Nhat Hanh To: [email protected] Date: Wednesday, 30 March, 2011, 13:54 Mayka, Bill and Steve, Which precepts do you refer to? The three, five, eight, ten or sixteen precepts of Buddhism? --ED --- In [email protected], Maria Lopez <flordeloto@...> wrote: > Bill and Steve: The whole point of changing the name "Precepts" as "Mindfulness Trainings" was with the intention of pointing out that they have to be practiced in mindfulness. That they were a training to the mind. Without the practice of mindfulness applied over the "Precepts" they would lack of the awareness and insight the energy that mindfulness brings with it. Without mindfulness one would stay only over the surface writing making difficult to unfold the depths on each of them. They're very cleverly wisely created. Mindfulness and "Precepts" are not separated. They are the same. One can also see the precepts as an insight coming from mindfulness. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Bill wrote: "Practising mindfulness, however, does lead to a life that is compatible with the precepts" -------------------------------------------------------------------- As I say above, Mindfulness and "Precepts" are not separated. Mayka PS; I'm inserting this conversation amongst my FB notes. The reason of this is for TNH monastics seen it, so that they know what is being talked about this subject and be brought to TNH attention whatever is relevant.
