Bill, References please? What's your source for that statement?
Edgar On Mar 30, 2013, at 6:12 AM, Bill! wrote: > Merle, > > The saying predates Socrates by 100 years or more...Bill! > > --- In [email protected], Merle Lester <merlewiitpom@...> wrote: >> >> >> >>  socrates ... bill.......remember now?..merle >> >> >>  >> Merle, >> >> My responses are embedded below: >> >> --- In [email protected], Merle Lester <merlewiitpom@> wrote: >>>  bill!.."know thy self".. >>> now who knows who said that?... >> >> I don't know who first said/wrote "know thyself" but it predates Plato (to >> whom it is usually credited) and was one of the inscriptions on the Temple >> of Apollo at Delhi. >> >>>  all things are known.. >> >> I don't even know what you are trying to imply with this statement. If you >> mean 'there are no secrets or eclectic teachings' then I agree; but >> 'knowing' you as I do I suspect you mean something else to which I'd >> disagree. >> >>> it's a matter of discovering that what is already known within one's >>> world..inside your mind, your heart your soul >>> >> >> That's close to describing Buddha Nature (this is a Zen Forum, remember?) >> but Buddha Nature is not 'known', it's experienced. >> >>> experience is your relationship with the outside world >> >> What 'outside world' are you talking about? >> >> ...Bill! >> > > ------------------------------------ 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/
