Hopefully so... Edgar
On Feb 22, 2013, at 5:37 AM, Bill! wrote: > Edgar, > > I think what he means when he says "...read with a mind that has cut off all > thinking" is to read without preconceptions, without making judgments and > without coming to conclusions (forming attachments to what you've read). > > But, this is kind of orthodox - so BEWARE! > > ...Bill! > > --- In [email protected], Edgar Owen <edgarowen@...> wrote: >> >> Bill, >> >> A new low in total New Age comic book Zen crap! >> >> It's impossible to read with a mind that has cut off all thinking. And most >> emphatically NO books are the truth much less ALL books... >> >> I do agree that the barking of a dog or the crowing of the rooster are >> better Zen teachings than the books of the Zen masters though... >> >> Maybe it's a mistranslation problem???? >> >> Edgar >> >> >> >> On Feb 21, 2013, at 9:49 AM, Bill! wrote: >> >>> "If you are thinking, you can't understand Zen. Anything that can be >>> written in a book, anything that can be said — all this is thinking ... but >>> if you read with a mind that has cut off all thinking, then Zen books, >>> sutras and Bibles are all the truth. So is the barking of a dog or the >>> crowing of a rooster. All things are teaching you at every moment, and >>> these sounds are even better teaching than Zen books. >>> >>> SEUNG SAHN - Seung Sahn Haeng Won Dae Soen-sa, born Dok-In Lee, was a >>> Korean Jogye Seon master and founder of the international Kwan Um School of >>> Zen—the largest Zen institution present in the Western world. >>> >>> >> > ------------------------------------ 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/
