Merle, I certainly try to be in the 'here and now' as much as I can.
I don't comment much on Suresh's posts because I don't have anything to say, to add. If he or anyone else makes comments on zen I might respond, but Suresh does not seem to be making his comments on zen - at least as far as I can understand. ...Bill! --- In [email protected], Merle Lester <merlewiitpom@...> wrote: > > > > Â bill > Â i see..so you are in the here and now and that is that...?..merle > Â > Merle, > > I don't comment a lot of Suresh's post because they don't interest me. He > comments from some religious perspective - possible Hindu but I really don't > know. Anyway I don't have the time or inclination to respond to them. > > But you are correct that 'soul' is not a term used in Buddhism or zen. The > closest would be the Buddhist ideas of karma and reincarnation. If you > believed in those you would probably also believe there was 'something' > (soul?) that was the 'thing' which accumulates karma and that was the 'thing' > that was reincarnated. > > I don't believe in either... > > ...Bill! > > --- In [email protected], Merle Lester <merlewiitpom@> wrote: > > > > > > > > Â how come suresh does not get the third degree and blasted when he > > mentions the S word.."soul"? all hell was raised when i gave soul a rant > > Â merle > > > > > > Dear Joe and all, > > > > . > > > > > > > > I can summaries that this consciousness is what individual soul and we > > all are many individual souls and there is a source of these souls, > > that is super soul, that is ever taken any form, but operates all form > > through its solders, the individual souls. > > > > > > > > > > Best regards > > Suresh > > > ------------------------------------ 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/
