Joe, More total Catholic BS. God couldn't care less what any humans think or do....
Edgar On Jun 16, 2013, at 2:25 PM, Joe wrote: > And, Chris, > > A few people who know God, or profess to, from time to time take the Lord's > name in vain. Is this trivializing God? Does their doing this hurt their > career as saved Christians? > > No; the blood of their Savior/Messiah washes away this sin, or has already > atoned for it. > > In Zen practice, I think that no matter what concepts we trivialize, or have > trivialized previously, our practice will save us, provided we practice, have > a teacher, sangha, sit regularly, etc. > > I've still never seen anyone trivialize Buddha Nature, not even by making it > an image of itself. In fact, I'd like to see some such image, made by someone. > > Maybe by "trivialize" you mean what Joe Campbell means when he writes > "concretize". > > --Joe > > > Chris Austin-Lane <chris@...> wrote: > > > > I think we can find people on this very listserv that trivialize Buddha > > nature, making it a picture of itself rather. > >
