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You response is quite illuminating, but please say more about:"To just alleviate pain without attending to its source might prove to be problematic." --ED --- In [email protected], "Bill!" <BillSmart@...> wrote: > ED, That may be so. I don't really know. And if they do it might be psychosomatic, not that that really matters. Pain is of course an indication that somethings wrong and needs attention. To just alleviate pain without attending to its source might be prove to be problematic. That's the case whether it be zazen, religious beliefs or Valium. Pain is real. Suffering (in the way the term is used in Buddhism) is not real. It's a 'mental model' (aka 'illusion') which is the result of attachments which are in turn dependent upon the creation of the dualistic concept of 'self'. That's IMO anyway... ,,,BIll! > Bill! and Mike, > > Is it not the case that zazen or vipasana can also help alleviate pain? > > --ED ------------------------------------ Current Book Discussion: any Zen book that you recently have read or are reading! Talk about it today!Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zen_Forum/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zen_Forum/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
