Hello Anthony,
Long time no chat. Thank you for partially agreement. In the
particular statement below, Buddha actually said, "...once rid off
attachment to ego and dharma."
My personal witness -- these attachments are caused by karma. Karma as
a nickname for "cause", different from your moral based definition from
previous discussions.
Since karma is nothing but a form of energy, anyone with enough power
can manipulate it. No? :-)
Don't worry about what I say too much. You can witness too. We all can.
jm
On 12/5/2011 12:50 PM, Anthony Wu wrote:
JM,
You said, 'Buddha agrees with you, "every sentient being could be
enlightened, once they rid of their karmic hindrances."
I am interested to know when and where Buddha said that.
I believe Buddha did say everybody could be enlightened. But the term
'karmic hindrances' is usually used by 'later day mahayana saints'.
Buddha insists that your karma cannot be rid of, but can be got around
by positive karmic effects. Let alone your hope that karma can be
manipulated by a third party.
Anthony
*From:* Chan JMJM <[email protected]>
*To:* [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
*Cc:* ChrisAustinLane <[email protected]>
*Sent:* Monday, 5 December 2011, 23:48
*Subject:* Re: [Zen] Practice Of No Mind
Indeed Chris, Buddha agrees with you, "every sentient being could be
enlightened, once they rid of their karmic hindrances." JM
On 12/5/2011 7:01 AM, ChrisAustinLane wrote:
Hit send too soon.
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As a time of sitting with absolutely still mind but a restless body.
I find the hybrid word body/mind to be useful. You can't experience a
re-union of body and mind - only know the union.
I just don't want readers to think that zen will change them so they
have a unified body and mind - that is already there.
Thanks,
Chris Austin-Lane
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On Dec 5, 2011, at 6:57, ChrisAustinLane <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Let me re-phrase - in all places and times, our body mind and spirit
are one.
The contents of whatever thoughts we have may or may not reflect
that unity, but they are just thoughts anyways.
For example, one may notice that a particular time of sitting will
seem like you mind was totally absent,being totally distracted. You
might think one might as well not sat at all. But since it is not
your body sitting, not your mind sitting, you notice that in fact it
has tweaked your perspective just as much as
Thanks,
Chris Austin-Lane
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On Dec 4, 2011, at 17:43, Chan JMJM <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Hi Chris,
Not sure that I fully understand your question. Perhaps I should
detail a little more about "in the zone".
It is a state without thinking and everything we do is spontaneous,
natural and effortless, while often times in our everyday life, our
body, mind and spirit operating in a loosely connected way. While
in the zone, they are one without separation or distinction.
This is not a mental state, it is a state of being integrating
body, mind and spirit. Or in Buddhist terms, surpassing the Realms
of Desire, Form and Formlessness. Or in other words, surpassing
the hindrance of physical, mental and spiritual karma.
Thank you for the opportunity to share.
JM
On 12/4/2011 3:35 PM, Chris Austin-Lane wrote:
On Sun, Dec 4, 2011 at 8:15 AM, Chan JMJM <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
In other words, in such a state, our body, mind and spirit are
one. In modern language, we are "in the zone". We are in a
state of most natural, effortless and automatic state of being.
Are you saying there is some state when body mind and spirit are
not one? Or are you talking about something other than reality,
but the contents of our mental beliefs, which do not always hold
dualistic beliefs.
Thanks,
--Chris
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