Thank you for trying to send me something interesting. Unfortunately I didn't get it. Larry
On Sat, Aug 24, 2013 at 9:25 PM, Merle Lester <[email protected]>wrote: > ** > > > > too much far too much intellectualisation..and too much blah blah > blah...merle > > Bill!, > > I'd still be careful as to the distinction between acting on auto-pilot > and being completely awake as to what you are doing. > > Mike > > > Sent from Yahoo! Mail for iPad > > ------------------------------ > * From: * Bill! <[email protected]>; > * To: * <[email protected]>; > * Subject: * Re: [Zen] buddha nature > * Sent: * Sat, Aug 24, 2013 8:50:56 AM > > > Mike, > > Read the link I posted earlier for my intellectualization of the origin of > duality - as exemplified by the delusion of self: > > http://www.billsmart.com/writing/zen/self/self.htm > > If you strip away duality what you have left is Buddha Nature. This is in > both of the cases of children and in the case of humans before they had a > well-developed and dominating intellect. > > I do think that in the case of children (infants) you start with Buddha > Nature and then add layers (or maybe only one layer that gets more and more > complex) of intellect. Zen techniques such as zazen, chanting, bowing, > koans, etc... are designed to start stripping those layers until all that's > left is Buddha Nature - now unobscured by the layers of intellect. > > I didn't use the examples of 'driving your car' and certainly not > 'listening to the radio'. I could use 'driving your car' as long as you are > not needing to think about where you are going, like following a map or > directions or something like that. The act of turning the wheel to go right > or left, pushing on the accelerator to speed up or jamming on the brakes to > stop certainly could be examples of Buddha Nature in action. As long as you > are not thinking about them, intellectualizing about them, they may indeed > be. > > Here's a good example of that in a famous zen mondo which is the basis for > a koan: > > "Yunyan asked Daowu, "How does the Bodhisattva Guanyin use those many > hands and eyes?" Daowu answered, "It is like someone in the middle of the > night reaching behind her head for the pillow." > > ...Bill! > > --- In [email protected], uerusuboyo@... wrote: > > > > Bill!,<br/><br/>The Buddha Nature of a child isn't the same though, in > the sense that layers are being formed rather than stripped. I'd also be > careful with comparing experiencing Buddha Nature (being Awake) with losing > yourself whilst driving your car and listening to the > radio.<br/><br/>Mike<br/><br/><br/>Sent from Yahoo! Mail for iPad > > > > > > > -- *Larry Maher*
