JM, When I meet you at least I can rewrite one passage to make it enlightened. Anthony
________________________________ From: 覺妙精明 （JMJM） <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, 22 September 2012, 5:47 Subject: Re: [Zen] seeking traction Hats off to you, Anthony. Such grand vow. Buddha said, "The ten thousand dharma are for ferrying ten thousand hearts." Are you sure you will do what you just posted? Applause..... On 9/21/2012 2:44 PM, Anthony Wu wrote: >JM, > >By the same token, many Chinese translations of Buddhist text from Sanskrit, >which your sifu is based on are also incomplete and wrong. You don't have to >be sad. that is the way of life. It should not hamper us from progress. > >Furthermore, the wen yan wen the Chinese texts use is terrible. I asked some >'authorities'. Each came up with different explanation. We need to rewrite >them based on the words of modern enlightened masters. > >Anthony > > >From: 覺妙精明 （JMJM） mailto:[email protected] >To: [email protected] >Cc: Anthony Wu mailto:[email protected] >Sent: Saturday, 22 September 2012, 5:34 >Subject: Re: [Zen] seeking traction > > > >Hi Anthony, I am relieved now. :-) > >Yes, the "xin" in Chinese encompasses both the "conscious mind" and the >"spiritual heart". And the Chinese sutra did not specifically call out the >differences. And worse, left the reader to contemplate on. IMO, many of the >English translations were incomplete and some are just wrong. > >That's sad. > >BTW, my teacher's version is not an interpretation of the Diamond Sutra, but >how to practice and witness Diamond Sutra. Be one with Diamond Sutra. It was >a TV series seminar he did on our TV station. The Chinese book alone is 600 >pages. > >Thank you for your interest. I will let you know. It is going to be a while. >jm > > >On 9/21/2012 2:29 PM, Anthony Wu wrote: > > >>JM, >> >>On the contrary, I agree with you, except that my expression will be: we need >>to relax our xin, in order to discover the intuition of our xin. Both mind >>and heart are expressed by 'xin' in Chinese. I think it is the same with >>Sanskrit 'citta' and the modern Thai 'jai'. No matter how you try to >>differentiate mind from heart, they always come close, but to different >>aspects sometimes. >> >>There is no Chinese word that represents solely 'mind'. >> >>I am interested in your translation of Diamond Sutra. >> >>Anthony >> >> >>From: 覺妙精明 （JMJM） mailto:[email protected] >>To: [email protected] >>Cc: Kristopher Grey mailto:[email protected] >>Sent: Saturday, 22 September 2012, 1:15 >>Subject: Re: [Zen] seeking traction >> >> >> >>Indeed, KG. Thank you. >> >>We use the following instructions -- "Focus and not focus. Observe all and >>every." Then you see the wisdom in all. >> >>Even during chakra focusing, it is not a mental focusing. We need to relax >>the mind, in order to sense with our heart. Heart is where our spirit >>reside. Pure heart means pure awareness. >> >>Again, a few people, such as Anthony or Bill may "disagree" as usual. :-) >> It's actually an experience and not a dogma. >> >>Newest translation of an old saying(probably version 7), of this phrase from >>Buddha, "Cast not in words. Transmit beyond teaching." >> >>BTW, my team is working on translating "Practice and Witness Diamond Sutra" >>from our Shifu. I know. I know. It's courageous. If there is any online >>version of Diamond Sutra you sync with, please share with me. Much obliged. >> >>jm >> >> >>On 9/21/2012 9:18 AM, Kristopher Grey wrote: >> >> >>> >>>When we think of 'mindfulness', we may think of not being distracted, but >>>distraction fills the mind just as effectively. Silence, is the ultimate >>>distraction. >>> >>>Concentration or distraction, different in form only. Both are moments of >>>attention to this and not that, in that moment, then gone. Effort applied to >>>cultivate mindfulness is often merely a distraction from distractions. >>>Mindfulness presents formlessly in all forms. Attempts to be mindful, to >>>wrest it from the rest, naturally will fail to grasp this. >>> >>>Concentration cannot free the mind, distraction cannot hold it. Thoughts >>>come and go effortlessly. This is not a problem. Following them or ignoring >>>them, grasping and rejecting them - in relation to self - reveals ordinary >>>mind's habitual ignorance of Original mind. >>> >>>Mindfulness allows dis-tractions to serve as reminders not to seek traction. >>> >>>KG >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>On 9/21/2012 1:51 AM, Anthony Wu wrote: >>> >>> >>>>Bill!, >>>> >>>>Some guests are stubborn. You can tell them you are busy or write down what >>>>they want, they still insist on sitting on your sofa and making tea out of >>>>your teapot. Master Seung Sahn has a koan where a burly man keeps dropping >>>>ash on a Buddha image, and nothing can dissuage them. He is also strong >>>>that there is no way you or your family can beat him. What should you do? I >>>>have not had the answer to this koan. >>>> >>>>Anthony >>>> >>>> >>>>From: Bill! mailto:[email protected] >>>>To: [email protected] >>>>Sent: Friday, 21 September 2012, 9:40 >>>>Subject: Re: [Zen] invasion >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>Anthony, >>>> >>>>I was always told to just let the thoughts 'flow through you', acknowledge >>>>them but then let them go. The teaching analogy that went with this is >>>>'when you're busy working in your house and someone comes and knocks on >>>>your door, acknowledge them but tell them you're busy and ask them to come >>>>back later. Don't invite them in for tea and a conversation.' >>>> >>>>Some zen practitioners I know suggest keeping a notebook and pen/pencil >>>>near you when you meditate. That way if a thought comes that you just >>>>cannot get rid of you can write it down, and then can go back to meditating >>>>with the assurance you will attend to the thought later. >>>> >>>>I've never done that nor felt the need to do that, but it might be worth a >>>>try if these thoughts/questions are keeping you from meditating. >>>> >>>>...Bill! >>>> >>>>--- In mailto:Zen_Forum%40yahoogroups.com, Anthony Wu mailto:wuasg@... >>>>wrote: >>>>> >>>>> KG, >>>>> Â >>>>> Some say you should not suppress questions when you meditate, but let >>>>> them come and go. Well they come here to stay. It takes time and effort >>>>> to make them disappear. >>>>> Â >>>>> Anthony >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> ________________________________ >>>>> From: Kristopher Grey mailto:kris@... >>>>> To: mailto:Zen_Forum%40yahoogroups.com >>>>> Sent: Thursday, 20 September 2012, 9:38 >>>>> Subject: Re: [Zen] invasion >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Â >>>>> Same problem is created by attachment to thinking "well" applies to >>>>> meditation! *L* >>>>> >>>>> Your "tip", perhaps pointier than it may appear! ;) >>>>> >>>>> KG >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On 9/19/2012 6:09 PM, Anthony Wu wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Â >>>>> >Merle, >>>>> >Â >>>>> >I give yo a tip. If you always want questions to be answered, you can >>>>> >never meditate well. >>>>> >Â >>>>> >Anthony >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >> >> >> > > >
