Bill!, That's one good answer, sir!
Mike --- On Sat, 7/1/12, Bill! <[email protected]> wrote: From: Bill! <[email protected]> Subject: [Zen] Re: Is enlightenment a state? To: [email protected] Date: Saturday, 7 January, 2012, 13:11 ED, I don't know if anything is 'eternal' or not. Just like I don't know if anything is 'infinite' or not. 'Infinite' to me just means 'more than I can count', so likewise 'eternal' just means 'exists for longer than I can comprehend'. I might describe Buddha Nature as being 'eternal' since I beleive it has existed since before humans evolved and will continue to exist after humans are extinct. That's about long enough to call it 'eternal' in my book... ...Bill! --- In [email protected], "ED" <seacrofter001@...> wrote: > > > > Bill, > > In Zen, is there anything that is eternal? If so, what? > > Thanks, ED > > > > --- In [email protected], "Bill!" <BillSmart@> wrote: > > > > Chris, > > > > 'Eternal' (no-beginning, no-ending) is a better choice of words than > 'permanent'. > > > Thanks...Bill! >
