I am very very impressed with how you lived your life. I found this, well, to be frank, all too late. I knew about it, read about it, even tried it a few times but I didn't get more interested until I was desperate. Thanks, Larry PS I've sort of belonged to a open internet group with a terrific moderator. It's called AYPsite.com.
On Sat, Aug 24, 2013 at 4:07 AM, Bill! <[email protected]> wrote: > ** > > > Mike, > > No and Yes... > > The "no" part is that I experienced Buddha Nature on my own before > encountering zen. I'm sure we all have. When we were infants before our > intellect was developed enough to create the delusion of duality/plurality > I believe we were experiencing Buddha Nature. Also, even later, when we > became completely absorbed in something, like sports or art or nature, we > also may have experienced Buddha Nature. In my case however I just did not > know what it was and its significance. > > The "yes" part is that it was first reading about zen (Alan Watts) and > then formal Zen Buddhist training (Japanese Rinzai and Soto schools) that > enabled me to rediscover Buddha Nature, learn to purposely experience it, > appreciate its significance and begin to integrate it more fully into my > daily life. > > ...Bill! > > --- In [email protected], uerusuboyo@... wrote: > > > > Bill!,<br/><br/>Would you agree that you probably would never have > experienced 'zen' without Siddharta Gotama's enlightenment and the > spreading of the sutras? I agree that experiencing Buddha Nature is not > intrinsically dependent on them, but it may as well be. Without Buddha's > rediscovering of Buddha Nature we'd probably still be believing in souls > and the reality of an ego. <br/><br/>Mike<br/><br/><br/>Sent from Yahoo! > Mail for iPad > > > > > -- *Larry Maher*
