Or realizing this to be the dragon, one is consumed by it's fire...
KG
On 9/7/2012 7:37 AM, Merle Lester wrote:
sometimes the eel must be caught as it is the only source of
food...be it for the body or the soul...merle
Merle,
An eel only seems slippery to one who tries to grasp and hold onto it.
...Bill!
--- In [email protected] <mailto:Zen_Forum%40yahoogroups.com>,
Merle Lester <merlewiitpom@...> wrote:
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> enlightenment is as slippery as an eel..merle
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> Will the one and only true Buddha Nature please stand up!
> --ED
> Â Web definitions
> * Buddha-nature or Buddha Principle (Buddha-dhâtu), is taught,
within Mahayana Buddhism, to be an intrinsic, immortal potential for
reaching enlightenment that exists within the mind of every sentient
being. ...
> en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddha-nature
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> * (Fo-xing) or the potential for becoming a Buddha is possessed
equally by all sentient beings. The difference between a Buddha and an
ordinary living being is that a Buddha has realized his or her
Buddha-nature, while an ordinary being has not. ...
> www.zhaxizhuoma.net/DHARMA/GLOSSARY/IndexGlossaryB.…
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> * n. The One True Home of a page or resource in a Web site's
structure. There may be multiple pathways for arriving at it, but it
only lives in one spot. "You can get to your account statement from
any banking page, but it's Buddha Nature is the Document Center."
> www.veen.com/jeff/archives/000110.html
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> * the potential, which all beings share, to become enlightened. It
is described in Buddhist texts as a mind which is "by nature brightly
shining and pure" and "luminous."
> www.pbs.org/thebuddha/glossary/
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> * The potential of any sentient being which permits them to attain
Buddhahood.
> en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Buddhist_Philosophy/Glossary
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> * a concrete expression for the substratum of perfection, of
completeness, intrinsic to both sentient and insentient life.
> www.windhorsezen.org/blog/
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> * The seed of mindfulness and enlightenment in every person,
representing our potential to become fully awake.
> www.ccml.info/glossary/
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> * The factors present in all beings that allow them to attain full
enlightenment.
> www.thubtenchodron.org/OtherResources/glossary.html
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> * True, or essential, nature; the essence and function of reality;
inherent enlightenment.
> flatbedsutra.com/flatbedsutrazenblogger/
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> * The basic essence of purity living with all organisms. Zen
practice reveals this intrinsic nature. It is not something that
requires "seeking"; rather it is always with us.
> www.maximumbliss.com/zen dictionary.asp
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> * (buddhata): In Mahayana Buddhism, undifferientiated absolute
existence behind all appearances, functionally the same as nirvana,
emptiness, suchness, and the Eternal Buddha.
> www.utm.edu/~jfieser/vita/teaching/2003/eastglos.htm
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> --- In [email protected]
<mailto:Zen_Forum%40yahoogroups.com>, Edgar Owen <edgarowen@> wrote:
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> Bill!,
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> Bill! claims logic is NOT Zen...
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> Bill! says he uses logic in his daily life...
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> Therefore Bill must believe he CANNOT have Zen in his daily life...
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> This is a serious error...
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> Zen is 24/7 whether one is using logic or sitting mindlessly.
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> It is a fundamental error to believe only mindless sitting is Zen.
That's
> mistaking a particular meditative state for Zen.
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> There is no part of reality that is not Buddha Nature. Illusion is
part of
> reality and thus is a manifestation of Buddha Nature.
>
> Realization is seeing the illusion that is part of reality as
illusion rather
> than the fake reality it pretends to be....
>
> When Bill! understands that logic is part of reality and thus like
everything
> else is a form manifesting Buddha Nature rather than something
contrary to and
> apart from Buddha Nature, then and only then will Bill! allow himself to
> completely realize Zen in his daily life as well as when he is sitting
> mindlessly...
>
> This is the crux of Bill!'s misunderstanding.... At the most
fundamental level
> he dualistically divides reality into illusion and Buddha nature without
> realizing that even illusion is a manifestation of Buddha Nature
because there
> is nothing that is not Buddha Nature... The world of forms does NOT
stand apart
> from Buddha Nature. The world of forms is a direct manifestation OF
Buddha
> Nature.
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> Zen does not try to dismiss the world of forms; Zen is seeing the
Buddha Nature
> that is manifested in the world of forms... It is seeing the world
of forms AS
> Buddha Nature...
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> Only when this becomes clear can realization occur....
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> Edgar
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