Hi Dragoon,
The Chan I was taught, which was what Zen originated from, is the life
force and wisdom of the universe, which manifest everything else in the
world, though invisible and formless. Therefore Chan is taught without
words and only through synchronization.
And everything else, deism, buddhism, christianity, philosophy, are just
words for the convenience of communicating this universal life force and
wisdom and all of its manifestations. These labels and descriptions are
not Chan itself.
JM
Learn the Basics of Chan Meditation...
http://www.chan-meditation.org
Chan in everyday life...
http://www.chanliving.org
To be enlightened in this life...
http://www.heartchan.org
To save our world...
http://www.universal-oneness.org
On 7/7/2011 12:42 PM, dragoon6779 wrote:
Hi,
I am interested in Zen. I have read that Buddhism is non-theistic, and
I have been told that actually it is not that Buddhism is
non-theistic, rather Buddhism (originally in a pragmatic approach)
does not take a theistic or non-theistic stance. I know there are many
who consider themselves both Christian and Zen, but given the 4 Noble
Truths, and the 4 Seals, I am not sure how it is reconciled,
furthermore, Deism is not the same as theism of course, so I wonder if
the apparent problems are reduced if not gone by holding to deism. I
have searched high and low online and cannot find much. thank you
