Well put, Carlos. I would augment by saying the practice is done to reduce ignorance (rather than stop it) -- and similarly to reduce suffering (not elminate it). Of course this MEANS of 'reduction' seems to lead towards an END of 'elmination'. But in this case it is the Means we are concerned with, and the End can only be intellectualized about before we arrive there, and thus is useless. Focusing on the End is only done at the expense of the Means!
Rod Scholl -----Original Message----- From: carlos [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2005 8:54 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [Zen] Knowledge AS I understand, Buddhist practice is done to stop ignorance and live within reality by seeing that what we see is already real as it is but whatever we think of it is product of the duality of our thinking, one happy result of it is the elimination of the expectation and intellectualizing of suffering by the elimination of the expectation and desire of pleasure, and to obtain liberation from the circle of birth and death and all the suffering that cames with it. Metta Carlos Noble Eightfold Path: Right View, Right Intention, Right Speech, Right Action, Right Effort, Right Mindfulness, Right Concentration, Right Livelihood Yahoo! Groups Links ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> What would our lives be like without music, dance, and theater? Donate or volunteer in the arts today at Network for Good! http://us.click.yahoo.com/WwRTUD/SOnJAA/i1hLAA/S27xlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Noble Eightfold Path: Right View, Right Intention, Right Speech, Right Action, Right Effort, Right Mindfulness, Right Concentration, Right Livelihood Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZenForum/ <*> 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/
