Mel, You say, " all we know today are highly likely to be corruptions of what the old prince may have uttered." Put is in another perspective, they may be the "advancing developements of what the old price uttered." The question is whether they are for better or for worse, or it does not matter at all. Anthony
--- On Wed, 22/6/11, Mel <[email protected]> wrote: From: Mel <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Zen] Why Practice Chan? To: [email protected] Date: Wednesday, 22 June, 2011, 4:58 PM I often have problems with seeing myself as a Buddhist of any sort let alone telling people about it, because I know for a fact that my beliefs are centered/based on the interpretations of today's modern day zen teachers such as senseis Deshimaru and (Shunryu) Suzuki. It has been a long time since the old man died and nobody really knew what he said except those who have actually spent time with him before he died. Nevertheless, I made the decision to stick with zen Fellow 'buddhists', there is no shame in saying or acknowledging that all we know today are highly likely to be corruptions of what the old prince may have uttered, but do we really care? Today, people see my Buddha pendant around my neck, my zen books, and bowings I make to my meals and images before me. Seeing such, many ask me if I'm Buddhist, and I just say yes out of convenience Buddha be praised Mel
