Right thinking not discursive judgemental thinking? All kinds of thinking have their proper place. No as Bill say's below it is the attachment that is the problem. Attachment must occur for awareness to become cognition but attachment must be abandoned for awareness to increase. It is a fine dance.
--- In [email protected], "Bill!" <BillSmart@...> wrote: > > ED, > My answer is as always my own opinion: > 1. I assume by 'right thinking' you are referring the the Buddhist > Noble Eightfold Path which includes: > > * right view > * right intention > * right speech > * right action > * right livelihood > * right effort > * right mindfulness > * right concentration > I don't see 'right thinking' in the list. > 2. Anyway, this list is part of the Buddhist religion and not zen. > 3. In zen any and all thinking is okay. Thinking produces illusory > concepts, but that's okay. Categorizations are okay. Judgments are > okay. It is the attachment to these illusory things that is 'not okay', > and by that I mean attachments tend to inhibit your awareness of Buddha > Nature. > ...Bill! > --- In [email protected], "ED" <seacrofter001@> wrote: > > > > > > > > Edgar, Bill and All, > > > > So it is the case that 'right thinking' is OK in zen, (but not > > discursive, judgmental thinking.) Yes? > > > > --ED > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], Edgar Owen edgarowen@ wrote: > > > > > > Information is neutral not painful. The pain is in the reaction to > the > > information not the information and that can be changed by right > > thought. > > > > > > Edgar > > > ------------------------------------ Current Book Discussion: any Zen book that you recently have read or are reading! Talk about it today!Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zen_Forum/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zen_Forum/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
