Joe, "All beings have the (Buddha's) wisdom but they realize it not" is EXACTLY what I keep repeating here over and over again when I keep saying "everyone is already enlightened, it's just a matter of realizing you are."
Funny how no one listens to it or believes it when I SAY IT! NIce to hear Buddha quoting ME! :-) EDgar On Nov 24, 2012, at 3:26 PM, Joe wrote: > Edgar, > > I think the other fellow's expression is good, even if couched in everyday > language (..."ought"...). > > If you recall what Shakyamuni is said to have said immediately after he > awoke, seeing Venus, it's a lot like "RAF's" expression (BTW, is he/she an > entire air force?). > > Something like: "All beings have the Tathagata's wisdom, but they realize it > NOT!" > > So... for those beings, things unfold as they unfold, and they suffer. > (as RAF says). > > And then, Buddha went on to teach the Four Noble Truths at the Deer Park, > etc., after he first went back and taught to his five teachers. > > Taken by itself as you post it here, RAF's sentence is sweet. > > It may be unfair to quote RAF out of context, but it's still good stuff, of > his. In the light of what the Buddha said. And taught. Thanks for it! > > I hope RAF is tipped-off to the fact that a practitioner can change things. > He must be, if he knows about the Four Noble Truths. Or by your middle and > third paragraph. > > (a Zen practitioner, is he/she?). > > --Joe > > > Edgar Owen <edgarowen@...> wrote: > > > > Here is my response to a post on another group about Zen... [snip] > >
