Anthony,
I think in fact that wisdom and compassion arise faster than ideas of good or
evil can arise. Compassion and wisdom are like lightning. They take no time
to come into being and to function.
So, compassion makes it to the finish-line before good or evil can even rear
its head. (And after compassion and wisdom arise, there are no ideas of good
and evil, either. Usually the mind is entirely empty or still, and you cannot
even force yourself to have a thought, for days, weeks, months, or years).
But this is "zen-" compassion, as you call it, and not any other kind, "idiot-"
or otherwise.
There is definitely wisdom and compassion. These are the ONLY functions of the
awakened sentient being. No matter what activity we carry out, wisdom and
compassion are behind them. Really, we can't separate the activity from wisdom
and compassion.
So we learn through practice, ...not to take anybody's word for it!
How about you, do you have pretty good practice opportunities and conditions?
It may not seem easy for us householders, but even if we were monastics, we'd
still have to practice.
--Joe
> Anthony Wu <wuasg@...> wrote:
> You often here zen does not differerentiate between 'good' and 'evil'. Does
> that mean there is no compassion?
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