What about the Heart and Diamond Sutras though? Edgar
On Jun 2, 2012, at 8:21 PM, Bill! wrote: > This is true in my experience. Most texts are written ABOUT zen masters, no > BY zen masters. There are some notable exceptions, but for example Buddha > himself left no writings (we know of). Neither did important zen masters like > Joshu. And of course Jesus left no personal written teachings. > > ...Bill! > > --- In [email protected], Kristopher Grey <kris@...> wrote: > > > > > > > > Not being able to read from those who have not written, this is your > > understanding of 'zen masters'. Most do not write. With other forms of > > Buddhism, same. Yet, there are more works than can easily be cataloged. > > Also notice how much is written ABOUT such 'masters', and about Buddha - > > and consider why this is so. > > > > K > > > > > > > > > > On 6/2/2012 8:42 AM, Anthony Wu wrote: > > > How come zen masters historically produced more words than any > > > Buddhist sects did? > > > Anthony > > > > > > *From:* Joe <desert_woodworker@...> > > > *To:* [email protected] > > > *Sent:* Saturday, 2 June 2012, 7:20 > > > *Subject:* [Zen] Re: News: Stanford scholar tracks meditation's > > > migration from ancient monasteries to modern yoga > > > > > > --- In [email protected] <mailto:Zen_Forum%40yahoogroups.com>, > > > "ED" <seacrofter001@> wrote: > > > > > > > Zen is nothing about which anything can be said? > > > > > > Probably the less said the better. People get entangled or biased. > > > > > > We can talk about zen PRACTICE, though, and the more said, and the > > > more practiced, the better. > > > > > > --Joe / Tucson > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
