The 6th patriarch Hui-Neng is referring to an old story. Take a half
dozen steps back, and see what the red bearded barbarian who came from
the west had to say to Emperor Wu of Han - known at that time as 'The
Emperor Bodhisattva' - before heading north.
Aloha
K
On 6/14/2012 8:18 PM, mike brown wrote:
K,
Wasn't it Huineng who said something like people exist as northerners
and southerners, but there is no difference in Buddha Nature between
the barbarian and from the north and the holyman from the south. The
people I'm concerned with are the barbarians from the north who aren't
awakened like the holyman. In the main, the barbarian needs to
cultivate compassion thru practice if he is to go from shrinking his
enemies head to caring for his enemies sick. Pointing out that - in
truth - there is no difference in their Buddha Nature just might not
be enough..
With metta
Mike the Barbarian
--- On *Fri, 15/6/12, Kristopher Grey /<[email protected]>/* wrote:
From: Kristopher Grey <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [Zen] Re: The Self Illusion
To: [email protected]
Date: Friday, 15 June, 2012, 4:45
What's to like? ;)
Why attach this one point, if not to ignore the rest?
Assuming a position of I like/dislike, a condition identified with
more/less.... is mind's attachment to mind. Thank you for so
clearly illustrating my feeble pointing! *L*
Sure, these thoughts and feelings arise - and preferences for this
or that are not automatically problems when just aspects of this
expressing as personality - but seeking is always seeking either
more, or less - to feed, or starve the hungry ghosts of
self-like, or self-hate - not realizing self as "more or less"
(essentially) empty - an interdependency without independent
origination - thus lacking nothing.
K
On 6/14/2012 2:07 PM, mike brown wrote:
K,
>Compassion does not require you understand, like, condone, or
otherwise be "OK" with people who do terrible things<
You've just defined 'compassion' out of existence. I like that
even more.
Mike
