back to the original mind..... merle
On 8/5/2012 4:30 PM, mike brown wrote: > ancient legends of virgin births are plentiful. "Virgin birth" a metaphor for what in Zen is often called Original mind/Buddha nature, without beginning or end - without cause and effect. Resurrection, a metaphor for awakening to/realizing this. (and to understand the symbolism of the cross, the cave, the death and rebirth - all purposefully borrowed and used - takes some understanding of far more ancient practices/traditions/stories that these point to. A retelling yes, as each culture does). All the fanciful historical mystical wrappings my delude the masses caught in their own thinking, but also offer clues, and cannot hide what is in plain sight. KG
