hi edgar..welcome back.... so good to hear you are on your twig..merle
Merle, Yes, recycling, not reincarnation. That's the correct understanding... Edgar On Oct 29, 2012, at 5:34 PM, Merle Lester wrote: > > > > > hey billllllll and sureth.. >it's called recycling..not reincarnation.. >ashes to ashes dust to dust >round and round the mulberry bush we go >earthworm one day >tiger the next > > >and so it goes > "row row row your boat gently down the stream > merrily merrily merrily > life is but a dream" > merle > > > >Suresh, > >First of all I certainly do not consider myself 'enlightened'. I'm actually >not sure what that term really means, especially to you. Some people use it >to be synonymous with 'realizing Buddha Nature' but as I told you in my >previous post that's not something that necessary brings an end to illusion, >and even if so not an immediate end. > >I did ask one of my zen teachers if he was enlightened all the time - 24 hours >a day, 7 days a week. He replied, 'Yes, but I'm not always aware that I am.' >I thought that was a good reply and was satisfied with it. > >I have not remembered any past lives, but I have not tried. I know >reincarnation was not something that was talked about a lot if at all by any >of my zen teachers. Personally I don't believe in reincarnation so don't >expect to remember any past lives - but I might be surprised some day. > >In any event I don't believe reincarnation and past lives is anything >important. Do you? If so, why? > >...Bill! > >--- In [email protected], "Suresh" <varamtha@...> wrote: >> >> Thanks Bill and Joe. >> >> I have understood. Now another question is , Buddha had mentioned about >> remembering his past lives. Having enlightened and practiced zen for 40 >> years will you be able to remember your past lives? If not why? >> >> Suresh >> > > > > > >
