Mel, Your post below sounds perfectly fine to me.
However, Beverely discontinued her membership yesterday. Also, empty0grace discontinued her's several day's ago. Just FYI... ...Bill! --- In [email protected], Mel <gunnar19632000@...> wrote: > > Hello Beverley, Bill and all > > Bill, you seem to be much better in putting things in words much better than > I, and so I'll see if I can leave it to someone like yourself or another > forum member (who follows zen) if my explanations are not adequate > > Beverley, there is nothing intellectual about zen. The intellectual > discussions that goes on with zen whether here or anywhere else is not a part > of zen. Zen as it's base level has only 2 things it possesses...zazen, and > daily living. A book like ZEN MIND BEGINNER'S MIND gives some ideas for the > head, but it's not a bible of zen as such. There are no formal instructions > in zen at its base level > > Zen has its calming aspect, which is zazen. Many outsiders and new seekers > get the impression that zazen is calmness, and yet true calmness is in > activity right in the middle of the world's hustle and bustle. Also, zen is > not about morals, or even clean living. Sometimes, one has to do bad or ugly > things because it's the natural thing to do. I'd try to tell you otherwise, > but then again, I'm not a salesman selling zen to you as a product of sorts. > Despite the Bodhisattva vows, there is no evangelism in zen. Such an idea is > just ridiculous > > That'll be it for the moment, and I'll have to come back later to talk more > about BigMind. Sorry buddy, but I've bee quite sick of late from the cold > winter weather > > Buddha be praised > Mel > ------------------------------------ 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/
