Yes, Joe. Very true and most essential. It is a heart to heart
transmission any of us can feel. It is not a ceremony of stamps. If
anyone is interested, I can post the link of someone who received such
transmission... jm
On 8/6/2012 5:15 PM, Joe wrote:
Kris, and other Readers,
In Zen, there is a transmission. It depends not on writings. It is
heart to heart. More direct too than an oral tradition. The *most*
direct. The only direct. All Hail, true lineages!
--Joe
> Kristopher Grey <kris@...> wrote:
>
> Much of Buddhism was chanted by Hindus and others for centuries,
> becoming a distinct set of teachings, then written down as traditions
> changed/cultures intermixed, then translated many times, exported,
> re-translated/re-imagined By Bon Mystics and Taoists and Shintoists and
> Jews and Christians...