Joe, LOL! Bill is the asteroid bent on destroying Buddhism! :-)
Edgar On Jul 2, 2013, at 12:37 PM, Joe wrote: > Bill!, > > quoting: > "I think Buddhism itself needs to be discarded completely." > > Face it: it cannot be. It is a living thing. Living things evolve. I see no > asteroid coming to smack it. > > Zen practice is a personal choice for a person who can cut to the chase, > ...or who can embrace nothing else. > > Other practice is available for folks with a different bent. > > I think, again, that your view of "need" is a personal one. If it's a more > extensive view, then I say, "get on with accomplishing it". > > Remember the objection against considering to end the war in Vietnam?: > > "What are you going to replace it with?" > > But I think you have personally already discarded Buddhism; you call your > practice "Zen", not "Zen Buddhism". It would seem already that Buddhism > should not annoy you. > > Where else do you mean you would like to see it discarded? And, for what > PRACTICAL purpose? Is it like a swarm of mosquitoes that annoys you? > > Or do you, as a Bodhisattva, feel that it is causing sentient beings to > suffer? > > coffee time, > > best!, > > --Joe > > > "Bill!" <BillSmart@...> wrote: > > > > I think Buddhism itself needs to be discarded completely. > > > > Zen, on the other hand, as it's presented in a lot of zen literature is > > presented very simply and very effectively. There is some zen literature > > that is complex also, but most of that is either trying to resolve zen with > > Buddhism or explain in an almost technical style the experience of Buddha > > Nature. > > > > Anyway, I'm just more supportive of the KISS school - and the simpler the > > better. > >
