Merle, No hurricanes presently. I have ridden out two hurricanes while living on a boat in Alabama right off the Gulf of Mexico.
...Bill! --- In [email protected], Merle Lester <merlewiitpom@...> wrote: > > > > Â billlllllllll.......... no hurricanes in your life??? merle > > > Â > Bill, > > Correct except the clouds are ALSO part of Buddha Nature... > > Edgar > > > > > On Oct 29, 2012, at 4:40 AM, Bill! wrote: > > Â > >Suresh, > > > >Buddha Nature is continuous, however your AWARENESS of Buddha Nature may not > >be continuous. > > > >To use an historical zen metaphor: Buddha Nature is the sun and illusions > >are clouds that can cover (occlude/hide) the sun - but the sun is always > >there. > > > >I embellish that metaphor by also adding that the darkness (opacity) of the > >clouds are due to attachments. The relative darkness (degree of opacity) of > >the clouds could be compared to the strength of the attachment to that > >particular illusion (cloud). Some clouds are darker than others. > > > >Before kensho (initial awareness of Buddha Nature) the entire sky is filled > >with dark clouds. Kensho occurs when these clouds part, even if only > >briefly, to fully reveal the sun. Usually the clouds then quickly return > >and continue to blot out the sun. However after kensho you realize there is > >a sun, and it is there whether you can clearly see it or not. Continued > >practice creates further breaks in these clouds. Some of the breaks remain > >permanently. Further practice also begins to render all the clouds less > >opaque and more transparent so even in the worst of times there is always > >some sunlight that penetrates the cloud cover. > > > >After much practice, and although there are always some clouds that remain, > >there is more and more clear sky. The also clouds become more and more > >transparent. Even then sometimes dark clouds appear seemingly out of > >nowhere, but dissipate or become more transparent almost as quickly as they > >appear. > > > >There are also times, especially during zazen (shikantaza) and at other > >times during every day life, that the sky is completely clear. > > > >That's been my experience of 40+ years of zen practice. > > > >...Bill! > > > >--- In [email protected], SURESH JAGADEESAN <varamtha@> wrote: > >> > >> Dear all, > >> > >> Tell me honestly, is buddha nature coninuous? How many of you are in > >> that contiuous state of buddha nature? be honest. If thoughts are > >> absent in oneself, how the body functions and who speak through the > >> body? > >> > >> -- > >> Thanks and best regards > >> J.Suresh > >> New No.3, Old No.7, > >> Chamiers road - 1st Lane, > >> Alwarpet, > >> Chennai - 600018 > >> Ph: 044 42030947 > >> Mobile: 91 9884071738 > >> > > > > > ------------------------------------ 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/
