Merle and Joe, Like most such discussions this one hinges on how 'soul' is defined by each of you. Without clarifying that it's a useless discussion....
I suspect Joe defines it as Catholics do as something that resides in the body during life but persists after death going either to heaven or hell. If so Joe is right. That kind of soul obviously doesn't exist. Hopefully Merle on the other hand is defining it as a spiritual aspect of her present being sort of like another name for Zen mind. If so Merle is right. That type of 'soul' does exist though I wouldn't use that word for it nor do Buddhists in general. So there is a chance you are BOTH RIGHT. Well guys? Edgar On Apr 10, 2013, at 11:23 PM, Merle Lester wrote: > > > joe mike and all...i don't believe in the soul i know i have soul..that's > the difference! ..merle > > > Joe, Merle, all, > > Yikes! I hope I haven't caused any confusion here? My only point has been to > show that Zen, Buddhism, the teaching of Buddha (Dharma) does not *require* > the belief in a soul. If I've been clumsy presenting that I apologise. > > Mike > > Sent from Yahoo! Mail for iPhone > > From: Joe <[email protected]>; > To: <[email protected]>; > Subject: [Zen] Re: Fw: No god, no soul in Buddhism. ~ D.T. Suzuki | elephant > journal > Sent: Thu, Apr 11, 2013 1:34:49 AM > > > See you, Merle. > > If not here, where? There's no heaven or hell, either. > > But Really!, seriously: keep your religion. Zen practice is not in conflict > with it. Only Buddhism is. You do not need to become a Buddhist! Zen practice > is available to ALL. I was taught Zen for 22 years by ...a Catholic Priest. > And he was not a renegade, and was a good Irish Redemptorist. Don't run away > when the time is right. > > --Joe > > PS Or shall we meet in Mexico City? (oops, that Olympics "line" is out of > date) > > > Merle Lester <merlewiitpom@...> wrote: > > > > well well well..i'm not giving up my soul to zen buddhism... > <snip> > > > > >
