Mike, I agree with your sentiments below, but where do you find Buddha's Dharma - Buddha's teachings?
(This is a loaded question...) ...Bill! --- In [email protected], uerusuboyo@... wrote: > > Bill!,<br/><br/>Like any ~ism, Buddhism has its dogmas and beliefs. It has > its structure and philosophies. In other words it is a system of thought (and > practice).<br/><br/>Following the Buddhas teachings is somewhat different > because you don't have to be a Buddhist to do so. A person of any religion, > or none, can take the teaching and apply them without taking on any of the > dogma. In Vipassana, the Biddha's method of meditation from the sutras is > used. But if you study these sutras there is nothing religious in them > whatsoever. It's simply following the breath and noting what comes up. A > breath is a breath. It's not a Buddhist breath or a Christian breath or an > atheist's breath. <br/><br/>It's a scientific and logical approach to > meditation and can be experienced by anyone. The junction between our > body-mind is our greatest and most immediate contact with reality and that is > where we focus. You might be surprised to hear this, but outside of the sutras > that give the instructions on how to sit and meditate, no other teaching is > really employed in Vipassana.<br/><br/>Mike<br/><br/><br/>Sent from Yahoo! > Mail for iPhone > ------------------------------------ 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/
