Merle,
I also want to add that experiencing Buddha Nature, such as through zazen, does
not involve a disconnection with the body. It involves a disconnection with
the illusion of self and all dualism.
...Bill!
--- In Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com, "Bill!" <BillSmart@...> wrote:
>
> Merle,
>
> No, the body is not a restraint. It is a gateway - at least as far as zen is
> concerned. The body, or at least its ability to afford awareness of reality,
> is the necessary component of Buddha Nature for not only humans but all
> beings as we know them.
>
> ...Bill!
>
> --- In Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com, Merle Lester <merlewiitpom@> wrote:
> >
> > i know this is a little crazy..however here i go..
> >
> > the human body..can we exist without it?...we do when we are in cyber
> > space.... although we need the body to get the messages out there...mm that
> > has me stumped!
> >
> > would this body less be liken to the meditation state that can be achieved
> > once one has surpassed the breath counting saga?
> >
> > i have belief that monks can practise a form of meditation whereby the can
> > slow the whole body/ mind totally down to an almost non existent state
> >
> > in all the many previous post there has been much focus on slowing the mind
> > down..however the body..does it have a mind of it's own so to speak?
> >
> > after all there are millions of tiny organisms..rummaging in the body that
> > we do not have any control over what so ever...
> >
> > (meditate as long and hard as you want, they do their own thing
> > regardless)...
> >
> > a whole eco system...one could say a universe lies in the gut
> >
> > my zen question is thus: to be totally free ..the human body is it a
> > restraint?
> >
> > merle
> >
> >
> >
> > Merle
> > www.wix.com/merlewiitpom/1
> >
>
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