Bill!, Recognized!; the awakened person does not pick and choose; does not "decide" in each circumstance to "take the road-less-traveled-by".
The awakened person's lot instead is to host the mysterious functioning of the simultaneous arising of Prajna and Karuna, which arise spontaneously and simultaneously in response to circumstances. Hail! --Joe > "Bill!" <BillSmart@...> wrote: > > cjjohans, > > IMO... > > I agree with that 'mysticism' as I know and define it is quite different than > 'zen' as I know and define it. I would say however that doesn't preclude > these two different approaches from ending up at the same place, but I do > agree that would be unlikely. > > When acts are labeled 'compassionate' by someone I agree that this is then a > dualistic judgement and concept. When the one who is said to have acted > 'compassionately' is acting, if it is true compassion, then he/she is just > acting without any thought of compassion. He/she is just doing what they do > - just being. This is not dualistic. > > ...Bill! > > --- In [email protected], "Carl" <cjjohans@> wrote: > > > > One difference between mysticism and Zen that I see is the former tends to > > have an emotional/devotional aspect while Zen has a balancing or even > > negative approach. If the practises are completely different, how can they > > be expected to lead to the same result? (For the record I consider > > compassion as also having dualistic/attachment aspects to it.) ------------------------------------ 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/
