Anthony, There may indeed be 'advancing developments' of INTERPRETATIONS of second- and third-hand accounts of what Siddartha said, but there is absolutely no difference in the experience of Buddha Nature that Siddartha had and the one that is available to you right now.
...Bill! --- In [email protected], Anthony Wu <wuasg@...> wrote: > > 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 <gunnar19632000@...> wrote: > > > From: Mel <gunnar19632000@...> > 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 > ------------------------------------ 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/
