Kris,
Hmm, ouch. Well, no.
I wonder what the People from Shinola would say about that, Kris. ;-(
Original mind is just original mind. Our original human inheritance. No
connection to the many virgin births of wonderful mythological traditions,
including the johnny-come-lately Christian tradition (not its fault being
recent).
See THE GOLDEN BOUGH, by the Scotsman Sir James Frazer, for more. And my old
teach', Joe Campbell.
Original mind is not a metaphor. That's what makes it wonderful -- instead of
being just merely-wonderful. Other traditions do not use it as a model for
virgin births. No, no, not at all.
I think that confused idea of yours had a non-virgin conception, dunno about
the birth. ;-)
Hail! I say: Hail!
--Joe
> Kristopher Grey <kris@...> wrote:
>
> "Virgin birth" a metaphor for what in Zen is often called Original
> mind/Buddha nature, without beginning or end - without cause and effect.
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