Ed,
Well, and another fine pointer that displaces most others is one from Huang Po.
This goes "at" the disparagement of binary answers and binary understanding,
for what they obscure:
"Mind is the Buddha, while the cessation of conceptual thought is Tao. Once
you stop arousing concepts and thinking in terms of existence and
non-existence, long and short, other and self, active and passive, you will
find that mind is intrinsically the Buddha, and that the Buddha is mind, and
that Mind resembles a void." --Huang Po.
Truer and more simple, direct, words were never "spoke".
But this is impossible to achieve by force of will. Very intensive practice is
needed. I hope that is in the cards for you!
--Joe
> "ED" <seacrofter001@...> wrote:
>
> Can you provide an answer that is not Zen-speak?
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