K, the problem with zen is that, without reliance on scriptures, zen in the West appears to have become a madhouse of opinions of zen teachers and their students - not that I recommend any change.
--ED --- In [email protected], Kristopher Grey <kris@...> wrote: > > Compassion is wherever you are. Compassion is always with, never from > or for. What use seeking it in others? Questions of others equanimity or > enlightenment, make the same error. > > Compassion with this error, allows it to be realized. > Equanimity in this error, allows this to be realized. > Enlightenment as this error, allows this to be realized. > > > Realization is experiencing these, yet none of these are experiences. > > > There is only this - compassion & equanimity, experiencing enlightenment. > > Breaking this statement down to show the extraordinary in/as the ordinary: > > There is [compassion] only this [equanimity], experiencing [enlightenment]. > > Removing the redundancies and added moral/social/spiritual labels > seekers get hung up on entirely: > > There is only this, experiencing. > > K ------------------------------------ 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/
