K/Joe, I am in agreement with all your remarks, except K's last sentence: None of this is vehicle or obstacle to realization. Anthony
________________________________ From: Kristopher Grey <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, 18 June 2012, 13:04 Subject: Re: [Zen] Speaking of Compassion Hinduism, is contained in the Vedas. Vedanta is 'beyond/outside the Vedas' Buddhism, is radical Neo-Vedanta Tibetan Buddism, is Bon Buddhism. Ch'an Buddhism is Taoist Buddhism Zen Buddhism is Shintoist Taoist Buddhism Western Zen Buddhism sells more T-shirts. None of this is vehicle, or obstacle to realization. K On 6/17/2012 8:30 PM, Joe wrote: >Anthony, > >To me, Tibetan Buddhism is not quite Buddhism. The influence that >the native Bon religion has had on the Buddhism that was received >from India is still determinative. I don't criticize Tibetan >practice; but I could never get straight their CHANTING, though I tried it >while I stayed at a Tib. temple in Hawai'i, each day, on the >Big Island, for a few weeks. It's harder than Sheng Yen's Chinese >ritual was for me, by far! (but I hung out with him for 30 years. >Only a few weeks in HI... . Not fair of me. Yet, the difference is >stark). > >--Joe > >> Anthony Wu mailto:wuasg@... wrote: > >> It is not surprising that Sheng Yen had good relationships with TNH, as they >> were similar. Dalai Lama is different, though they might respect each other, >> as they are both erudite scholars. [snip] > >
