ED, I have the same feeling, although I am almost certain the Flower Sermon was not Buddha's original teaching. It has developed on it. Anthony
________________________________ From: ED <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, 25 October 2011 11:43 PM Subject: [Zen] Re: Zen and Buddhism Anthony, All teachings are continually evolving. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddha-nature I find the Flower Sutra to be magnificent. Anyway, what matter to me is that the Flower Sutra edifies and inspires me - and that's all that matters to me. --ED --- In [email protected], Anthony Wu <wuasg@...> wrote: > > ED, > > If the Flower Sermon appeared in the 14th century, while the Buddha lived in > the 6th Century BC, what happened in the 2,000 year gap? Did the physical > Buddha returned from the grave to transmit the dharma? Or the 'dharmakaya' of > the Buddha showed up to spread the untold teaching? > > Anthony
