Bill!,
quoting:
"But did Buddha have any real Buddhist credentials? Nope..."
Why, he didn't even have a Buddha statue on his altar! ;-)
--Joe
> "Bill!" <BillSmart@...> wrote:
>
> Merle,
>
> IMO...
>
> No,Buddha (Gautama Shiddartha) was not a Zen Buddhist or a Buddhist. I
> believe he was a Hindu.
>
> But that's like asking if Jesus was a Christian. No, he wasn't. He was a
> Jew. Christianity came after Jesus.
>
> I think what you mean to ask is 'did Buddha practice zen'? And if that's
> your question I'd say 'yes'. At least he meditated is what I would call is
> very much what we know today as 'zazen', and he 'started zen' when he
> 'transmitted the Dharma' to his student Mahakasyapa at his famous 'Flower
> Sermon' at Vulture Peak.
>
> But did Buddha have any real Buddhist credentials? Nope...
>
> ...Bill!
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