Merle,
No, it does not translate.
But there can be a metaphoric relationship between these two different
phenomena.
>From a dream, we awaken in the morning to our usual ego.
>From Samsara, we awaken in Zen-Awakening to Buddha Nature, and No-Mind.
The only thing in common here is the word "awaken".
The phenomena are totally different, in every way.
Now, why do you ask, please?
--Joe
> Merle Lester <merlewiitpom@...> wrote:
>
> group..
>
> having experienced very vivid dreams lately that when dreaming are so real...
> frightfully real... that upon awakening one sighs with relief that they were
> not real...
>
> would this awakening translate to the awakening of zen meditation in the real
> world ?
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