Joe, So are you saying that we should not make any attempts to modernize and make more relevant the mode of explanations and teachings from that of 2500 years ago?
If that were the case in your line of work (astronomy) wouldn't we still be locked into the earth as being flat and the center of the universe, and the stars other heavenly bodies were actual gods? ...Bill! --- In [email protected], "Joe" <desert_woodworker@...> wrote: > > Bill!, > > You might not be among the fortunate who lived 2500 years ago, when literacy > was the exception. > > The skilful ways of the ancestors might be hard for an English-Major to > comprehend! > > Breadth-Requirements might have had a chance of filling you in on the facts. > No? All but forgotten? > > I see no reason to disparage the roots of the Zen (Buddhist) tradition. > > Remember, too, that the Indian way of teacher was / is extremely detailed, > precise, and dependent on memorization and personal assimilation. That was > the tradition, and so it continues (there)! > > Mr. Suresh may correct me if I'm a century awry. > > --Joe > > > "Bill!" <BillSmart@> wrote: > > > > Edgar, > > > > I agree 100% with that! Like the Noble Eightfold Path: Right Speech, > > Right Thought, Right Intentions, etc... Why do they name only 8 classes? > > Why do they name classes at all? Why not just: Live Right? And anyway the > > challenge isn't doing all the 'right' things. The challenge is determining > > what is right and what is not. > > > > I call this "The Twelve Days Of Christmas Syndrome": You know...four > > calling birds, three French hens, two turtle doves and a partridge in a > > pear treeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee. ;>) > ------------------------------------ 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/
