Hi Bill, > there is absolutely no difference in the experience of Buddha Nature that > Siddartha had and the one that is available to you right now
You seem to be very sure about this. How could you be so sure? I mean, how can you know what Siddharta experienced? Siska -----Original Message----- From: "Bill!" <[email protected]> Sender: [email protected] Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2011 01:55:36 To: <[email protected]> Reply-To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Zen] Why Practice Chan? 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 >
