ED, Rational thought is most certainly NOT futile in solving actual problems in the world of forms....
EDgar On Sep 4, 2012, at 10:29 AM, ED wrote: > > > --- In [email protected], Edgar Owen <edgarowen@...> wrote: > > > > Bill! claims logic is NOT Zen... > > > Edgar > > ==================== > > Maybe Bill means: "Zen stresses the importance of the enlightenment > experience and the futility of rational thought, ... (See last definition > below.) > > --ED > > ======================= > > What is Zen? > > > Search Results > > Zen > noun /zen/  > > A Japanese school of Mahayana Buddhism emphasizing the value of meditation > and intuition > > > Web definitions > > school of Mahayana Buddhism asserting that enlightenment can come through > meditation and intuition rather than faith; China and Japan > > a Buddhist doctrine that enlightenment can be attained through direct > intuitive insight > > wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn > > > Zen is a school of Mah¨¡y¨¡na Buddhism. The Japanese word Zen is derived from > the Chinese word Ch¨¢n, which in turn is derived from the Sanskrit word > dhy¨¡na, which means "meditation" or "meditative state." > en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zen > > A denomination of Buddhism; Pertaining to this denomination of Buddhism; > extremely relaxed and collected > en.wiktionary.org/wiki/zen > > Japanese teaching with origins in ancient China whose belief is that the only > path to enlightenment is through direct, intuitive insight-by focusing solely > on your essential nature. > www.hotelthailand.com/thailand-activities/spa/spa-glossary.html > > A Buddhist tradition founded in China as a result of the teaching of > Bodhidharma, circa 475 C.E. Found today mostly in Vietnam, Japan and Korea > (and of course various centers in the West). > dharma.ncf.ca/faqs/glossary.html > > Buddhist form of meditation perpetuated by Tamo (Daruma). > bakerfamily4.net/kenpo/terms.htm > > A school or division of Buddhism characterized by techniques designed to > produce enlightenment. In particular, Zen emphasizes various sorts of > meditative practices, which are supposed to lead the practitioner to a direct > insight into the fundamental character of reality (see KU and MOKUSO). > cardiffaikikai.co.uk/aikido_dictionary.htm > > The discipline of enlightenment related to the Buddhist doctrine that > emphasizes meditation, discipline, and the direct transmission of teachings > from master to student. ... > www.steveconway.net/humour/dictionary.htm > > the Japanese word for a school of Mahayana Buddhism originating in China > around the 7th century CE and now found throughout East Asia. Zen emphasizes > meditation practice and is often characterized by simplicity and rigor. > www.pbs.org/thebuddha/glossary/ > > (Japanese) Buddhist school or sect favouring meditation and intuition rather > than scripture as a means to enlightenment, which passed from China to Japan > in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. > www.buddhanet.net/e-learning/history/glossary_tz.htm > > Meditative absorption in which all dualistic distinctions are eliminated. > www.zentexts.org/zen-term.html > > A meditative form of Buddhist practice that developed in China in the 5-7th > Century and then spread to Japan and Korea. WIkipedia article. > www.gaiahouse.co.uk/page.php > > The Japanese word for a branch of Mahayana Buddhism based on highly > disciplined meditation. It is known in Sanskrit as dhyana, in Chinese as > chan, and in Korean as son. (p. 289) > college.cengage.com/history/world/bulliet/earth_peoples/2e/stud¡ > > A school of Mahayana Buddhism, found mainly in China, Japan, Korea and > Vietnam, which emphasises the path of meditation and self-realization. > www.transpersonalscience.org/tranglos.aspx > > > (Japanese; Korean: Son; Chinese: Ch¡¯an; Sanskrit: Dhyana): meditation > practice. > www.kwanumzen.org/teachers-and-teaching/glossary-of-terms/ > > An abbreviation of the Japanese word zenna,which is a transliteration of the > Sanskrit dhyana (ch¡¯an or ch¡¯anna in Chinese), that is, the process of > concentration and absorption by which the mind is first stabilized and > brought to a penetrating one-pointedness, and then awakened. ... > www.windhorsezen.org/blog/ > > Japanese; Ch'an (Chinese); a branch of Mahayana Buddhism which developed in > China during the sixth and seventh centuries after Bodhidharma arrived; it > later divided into the Soto and Rinzai schools; Zen stresses the importance > of the enlightenment experience and the futility of rational thought, ... > mokurai.destinyslobster.com/buddhist_glossary.html > > > >
