ED< I agree with the statement below concerning zen...Bill!
--- In [email protected], "ED" <seacrofter001@...> wrote: > > > > > Bill and Daniel, > > One difference between Zen and Theravada Buddhism: > > It appears that the inherent Buddha Nature of all sentient beings is a > basic premise of Zen. > > Whereas in Theravada Buddhism, the corresponding premise is that there > exists the potential for all sentient beings to attain Buddhahood. > > --ED > > > > From: Oxford Dictionary of Buddhism > > Buddha-nature > > (Sanskrit, buddhata, buddha-dhatu; Jap., bussho). In early Buddhist > thought, this term referred to the potentiality for becoming a Buddha > <http://www.answers.com/topic/buddha-1> through the traditional methods > of study <http://www.answers.com/topic/buddha-nature#> and religious > practice. Discussion centred on clarifying what kind of beings had this > potential and how it was to be developed. > > After the rise of Mahayana Buddhism, some thinkers began to question the > validity of the distinction between practice and enlightenment (bodhi > <http://www.answers.com/topic/bodhi-religion-in-encyclopedia> ), or > between potentiality and attainment, and so Buddha-nature gradually came > to be seen not as a potential, but as the inherent Buddhahood of every > sentient being. > > In this setting, the task then was not to achieve Buddhahood, but to > uncover it. For example, the Platform Sûtra of the Sixth Patriarch > <http://www.answers.com/topic/platform-s-tra-of-the-sixth-patriarch> > compares Buddhahood to a full moon covered by clouds. When the clouds > blow away, the moon is revealed. It does not gradually come into being > nor is it constructed. Similarly, each being is already a Buddha, but > this fact is obscured by defilements and impurities. Once these are > removed, one's Buddhahood becomes manifest. > > > > > --- In [email protected], "Bill!" <BillSmart@> wrote: > > > > Mayka, > > > > I always used to think 'mindfulness' was the same as 'Buddha Nature', > but after reading a lot of the definitions here I now think it is not. > > > > Your definition is the same, but most of the others are not. > > > > ...Bill! > ------------------------------------ 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/
