Beverley, I don't know where you got the idea that zen requires or even encourages thinking. It doesn't.
Maybe Buddhism does, and you might be mixing up the two. ...Bill! --- In [email protected], Beverley Huish <beverley.huish@...> wrote: > > Hi Mel, > > I found the 6 realms fascinating, and insightful, but not useful in a real > sense > - it doesn't apply to the inner / hidden world that Buddhism, it seems to > me, is > tapping into. > > It also seems to me that Zen is allowed to think and think and think about > refined intellectual Zen (good luck to it!), but beginners and non-Zen > thinking > is somewhat frowned on. > > I will continue decluttering my room. > > :-) > > Beverley. > > > > > ________________________________ > From: Mel <gunnar19632000@...> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Friday, 3 June, 2011 13:23:12 > Subject: Re: [Zen] Re: Sentient Beings > >  > Hi Beverley. You'll get a lot of this on the net. The only exception I can > think > of is the ZEN GUIDE website, whose members can be quite unforgiving with > those > who think far tooooo much > > For the moment, I suggest concentrating on basic zen. Too many concepts > collected here and there does nothing but cause all sorts of unnecessary > confusion. There is one way of looking at this....which calms your mind, a > cluttered, or uncluttered room? Which do you prefer, a head filled with all > sorts of things(including rubbish), or a clear and calm one? > > Buddha be praised > Mel > > --- On Tue, 31/5/11, Beverley Huish <beverley.huish@...> wrote: > > Six realms? >  > ------------------------------------ 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/
