Joe, For me Suzuki's answer was appropriate because he was relating the reality of the table to sensual experience - in the case of the table probably sight and touch. (Although as I've said before repeatedly the division of senses into 5 categories is in itself a dualistic product of the discriminating mind. There is only one 'sense' and it is Buddha Nature.)
...Bill! --- In [email protected], "Joe" <desert_woodworker@...> wrote: > > Bill!, Edgar, Mike, and others on this thread, > > I recall an account of an exchange that transpired at a philosophical meeting > in Hawai'i in the early 1950s, at University of Hawai'i, Honolulu. > > This account was transmitted by the musician John Cage, who was also in > attendance at the meeting. The meeting was organized by Robert Aitken, who > was at Hawai'i for his Master's (no pun intended) degree in Literature. > > At the meeting, the outstanding celebrity invited-guest was Professor D. T. > Suzuki, whose three volumes of ESSAYS and whose lecture tour in USA at > M.I.T., and Columbia was making a huge sensation among Academics and Beats at > the time. > > The title and topic of the philosophical meeting, sponsored by the Philosophy > Department was, "The Nature of Reality". > > Cage told us that, at one point in the meeting, someone at the dais table > on-stage with the assembled speakers put this question to Suzuki: > > "Doctor Suzuki... would you say that the table we are sitting at is REAL? > ... (pause)... In what SENSE is it real?" > > Suzuki answered: "In EVERY sense!" > > (I hope that entertains, even if does not otherwise "help!") ;-) > > --Joe > > --- In [email protected], "Bill!" <BillSmart@> wrote: > > > Buddha Nature however is not dualistic. It is holistic. There is no > > subject/object, self/other or internal/external. There is Just THIS! And > > that experience IS reality. > ------------------------------------ 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/
