Anthony, As you probably know 'jai dum' means 'black heart'. English uses the same phrase for someone like the Evil Witch in nursery stories.
...Bill! --- In [email protected], Anthony Wu <wuasg@...> wrote: > > ED, >  > I would like to quit intellectuals and join the affectives. Bill advises that > my heart should not be too weak, or I will be 'jai dum'. >  > Anthony > > --- On Fri, 22/4/11, ED <seacrofter001@...> wrote: > > > From: ED <seacrofter001@...> > Subject: Re: [Zen] Heart > To: [email protected] > Date: Friday, 22 April, 2011, 10:38 AM > > >  > > > > > > Anthony, > From one perspective, there are three personality types: Vital, Affective > and Intellectual. Most here and in general are intellectual; Mayka and JM > may be affectives. > Each type has a strong, a weak and a middling centre. For example, > affectives who are strong in feeling, (heart), tend to be weakest at doing, > (navel), while adequate at thinking, (third eye). This is set forth in the > following table: >  >  > Type/Centre    Strong      Middling    Weak > Vital                  navel       >    heart         third eye >  > Affective           heart        third eye    >  navel >  > Intellectual      third eye    navel            heart > > Source: http://shivayoga.org/html/vitalpeculiarsolid.html > --ED >  > --- In [email protected], Anthony Wu <wuasg@> wrote: > > > > JM, >  > Are you analyzing and intellectualizing? Don't worry. I am not criticizing > you. Gotama himself did a lot of that. How can I criticize the Buddha? In > this human world, we cannot avoid it. >  > The reason I keep asking you about 'heart' is that I am trying to figure out > what your 'Heart Chan' is all about. >  > You say, 'Throughout this journey, there is no need for the mind to > appear. ' What do you mean by 'mind'? >  > The fact that there is no Chinese word for 'mind' gives rise to > misunderstanding. Since 2 thousand years ago, 'xin' has been used to > translate both heart and mind. But in English they are differeent things. > Lets look into your favorite book Diamond Sutra: >  > "We should develop a mind that does not abide in anything" >  > The words caused Huineng to have his first insight. >  > Now if I say, "we should not develop a heart that does not abide in > anything." Bill's stick is waiting for me, because he thinks I am going to be > cool hearted and cruel. >  > Anthony >  > ------------------------------------ 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/
