guess what joe...
you can recite whatever a trillion times but it has to have substance in your life... no i have not read it... to tell you the truth it just came to me in an insight.. how zen is that?... the diamond and the heart.. so there you go.. i'm zen and you are mr. recite it... zen is about hitting the nail on the head instantly.. where are you coming from as you labour away day and night practising never really "getting there" throw your books and recitations away open your heart then see what happens! diamonds hearts and all will be revealed! you cannot paint by rules either joe... you have to be free to create, explore and visualise.. otherwise you are just repeating the same old crap to be truly YOU you have to let go of the props, the books the mantras and let loose now don't tell me that isn't pure zen? merle Merle, Heart Sutra? Yes. The 400 character "heart" of the Heart Sutra is also what we recite in the zendo every day, BTW. Don't you remember? Do you recall how it begins? With whose name? Has Alzheimers' set in with you, or what? I hope not. These things are fundamental in formal, ritual, practice. How can you ask if I have read them? You know better than this; Or... don't you? No; no. No loss. No gain. --Joe > Merle Lester wrote: > > yes thank your lucky stars.. your still breathing > > the heart is more than just 4 chambers... > > did you read the heart sutra?.... merle > > > > Dear Merle, > > > > All four healthy chambers, thank my lucky Stars. > > > > --Joe
